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APPLIED ZOOLOGY (Theory) [1]

Paper Code: 
25DZOL501(B)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
4.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course objectives:

This course will enable the students to –

1. Aware about economically important pests

2.  Gain knowledge about Poultry keeping, Dairy farming, Leather industry and wool industry

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

25DZOL501(B)

Applied Zoology (Theory)

The students will be able to CO61: Recognize ecologically important      and harmful insects. Understand the nature of the damage done by an insect pest.

CO62: Critique the methods of control of various insect pests.

CO63: Relate how arthropods work as vector s of       Human       diseases   and affect human society.

CO64: Design the setup of Pisciculture, dairy farming, poultry keeping, leather industry and wool industry CO65:      Gain              knowledge about cultivable fishes and their aquaculture profile CO66: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

The approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching Learning activities for

the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks,

Chart preparation

Assessment Strategies Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Insects pest of economically important crops and their control

Grain Pest: Rhizopertha, Sitophilus, Tribolium, Trogoderma, Callosobruchus

Brief idea of Integrated Pest Management (Types of Control strategies, Steps, Application, Necessity)

Rat menace and its control

12.00
Unit II: 
Animal Husbandry

Dairy farming

●  Basic concepts in dairy science

●  Semen collection & preservation; artificial insemination; multiple ovulation and embryo transfer

●  Different breeds of Cattle (Cow, Buffalo)

Preservation and artificial insemination in cattle; Induction of early puberty and synchronization of estrus in cattle

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Sericulture

Mulberry sericulture: Cultivation of food plants, Bioecology of mulberry silkworms, Rearing of silkworm, Harvesting and processing of cocoons, Reeling appliances, Disease of Bombyx mori, Predators and parasitoids of silkworm and their management.

12.00
Unit IV: 
Leather and Wool Industry

Leather industry

Wool industry

Pharmaceuticals from animals

12.00
Unit V: 
Aquaculture

Freshwater cultivable fishes and their aquaculture profile: Indian major carps, Exotic carps, Catfishes, Tilapia, etc.

Types of culture in India.

Fish diseases: Fin Rot, Whitespot, Dropsy, cloudy eye, ulcers

Essential Readings: 

ESSENTIAL READINGS:

●     Shukla and Upadhyaya: Economic Zoology (Rastogi Publishers, 2009).

●     Chatterjee K.D. Parasitology (Protozoology and Helminthology) with two hundred fourteen illustrations. CBS Publishers & Distributors Private Limited, 2009.

●     Paniker, CKJ. Textbook of Medical Parasitology. 6th Edition Jaypee Brothers, 2007

References: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

●     Shrivastava: Test book of Applied Entomology, Vol. I &II (Kalyani Publishers, 1991) ∙ Insects. M. S. Mani, NBT, India, 2006.

●     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) ∙ Kotpal : Modern Text Book of Zoology Vertebrates (Rastogi Publication, 2011) ∙ Biological and Biotechnological control of insect pests, Racheigl and Racheigl, CRC Press, 1998

e-CONTENT:

•  https://nptel.ac.in/courses/102106084 [2]

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JOURNAL:

●     Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology [7]

●     International Journal of Applied Biology [8]

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026 [9]

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[4] https://krishijagran.com/animal-hus
[5] http://www.agritech.tnau.ac.in/expert_system/cattlebuffalo/Breeds%20of%20cattle%20
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[9] https://zoology.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-2026