Practical

Paper Code: 
ZOL 424
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
120.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

ZOL 424

Practical

The students will be able to –

CO150: Design and conduct experiments, using a broad variety of experimental techniques, and interpret the data obtained to conclude whether the results do or do not support a hypothesis being tested and whether the experimental design was appropriate.

CO151: Work collaboratively with other students and with faculty, understanding that most scientific knowledge/conclusions draw(s) on multiple sources of data and multiple experimental approaches.

CO152: Appraise“best approaches” for conducting experiments including laboratory safety, data replication and quality control, record keeping, and other aspects of “responsible conduct of research”.

CO153:Examine and evaluate  familiarity with an area of science such that the students can present their work to a professional audience and also discuss their work with a general audience.

CO154:Investigate new problem solving skills and analytical thinking skills.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Conduction of experiments, Giving tasks, Field practical

 

Class test

Semester end examinations,

Viva voce

Evaluation by the performance of students

 

 

Gene and differentiation Study of development of Frog

  • Preserved Materialavailable:
  • Egg, Cleavage, Blastula, Gastrula, Neurula, Tail bud, Hatching, Mature tadpole larva, Metamorphic stages, Froglet
  • Histological slides: Cleavage, Blastula, Gastrula, Neurula, Tail bud stage

Study of development of Chick

  • Whole mounts: 18, 21, 24, 33, 72 & 96 hrs of incubation period embryos
  • Study of the embryo at various stages of incubation in vivo by making a window in the eggshell
  • Exercise to demonstrate developmental stages of living embryo after removal of blastoderm from the egg
  • Study of various Foetal envelopes in a 10-12 day old chick embryo(Amnion, Chorion, Allantois,Yolksac)

Ethology

  • To study the food preference and feeding behaviour ofTribolium.
  • To study the light response ofTribolium.
  • To study the process of learning in rats with the help of animal maze and analyze the result of the experiment.
  • To study general behavior of mice using open field maze, hole board maze,social interaction
  • To study anxiety behavior of mice using elevated maze and light dark test.
  • To study the communication in Earthworm by chemical stimuli i.e. extruding a substance called “Pheromone” that can transmit message.
  • To study imprinting during critical period.
  • Study of social organization of Rhesus (Macaca Mulatta) and Langurs (Presbytis entellus).
  • A visit to Zoo: To study the behaviour

Applied Zoology

A visit to: Poultry Farm and Dairy Industry Report writing on

  • Poultry Keeping Poultry science: Maintenance and management
  • Dairy farming Basic concepts in dairy science: Semen collection & preservation; artificial insemination; multiple ovulation and embryo transfer Different breeds of Cattle

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Animal behaviour- ReenaMathur, Rastogi Publications MeerutAn introduction to behaviour; Manning, A & Dawkins, M. S.; Cambridge Low Price Edition. UK.
  • Shrivastava: Test book of Applied Entomology, Vol. I &II (Kalyani Publishers, 1991)
  • Text Book of Applied Zoology: Vermiculture, Apiculture, Sericulture, Lac-Culture, Agricultural Pests and their Control by Pradip V. Jabde, 2005 Publisher Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. New Delhi
  • Absan and Sinha: A handbook of Economic Zoology (S. Chand and Company, 2009)
  • Animal behaviour,Hindi,R.A. Publication McGraw Hill Co.New York.
  • Animal Societies and Evolution : Scientific Ameridan Publications

SUGGESTED READINGS:

  •  Animal behaviour- ReenaMathur, Rastogi Publications MeerutAn introduction to behaviour; Manning, A & Dawkins, M. S.; Cambridge Low Price Edition. UK.
  • Shrivastava: Test book of Applied Entomology, Vol. I &II (Kalyani Publishers, 1991)
  • Text Book of Applied Zoology: Vermiculture, Apiculture, Sericulture, Lac-Culture, Agricultural Pests and their Control by Pradip V. Jabde, 2005 Publisher Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. New Delhi
  • Absan and Sinha: A handbook of Economic Zoology (S. Chand and Company, 2009)
  • Animal behaviour,Hindi,R.A. Publication McGraw Hill Co.New York.
  • Animal Societies and Evolution : Scientific Ameridan Publications

 

e-RESOURCES:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-20-animal-behavior-fall-2013/pages/lecture-notes/

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-20-animal-behavior-fall-2013/resources/mit9_20f13_lec4/

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/guide-to-ethology-exploring-the-study-of-animal-behavior#why-is-the-study-of-ethology-important

 

e-Journal:  

https://www.JOURNALS:.elsevier.com/animal-behaviour

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/animal-behaviour

 

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