Syllabus
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Course Code: M-Z 303 Course Name: Applied Zoology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1.0 Vertebrate and non vertebrate pests (Wheat, Rice, Sugarcane and cotton) their harmful status and economic importance. 1.1 Integrated pest management. Cultural control, Physical control, Mechanical control, Chemical control, Biological control, Herbal control and legal control andPheromones involved in pest management. 2.0 Insects of medical and veterinary importance. |
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| 2 | 3.0 Zoonosis: 3.1 Viral-Rabies, 3.2 Japaneses encephalitis; 3.3 Bacterial- Brucellosis, Plague; 3.4 Ricketsial- Ricketsial zoonosis, Q fever, Scrub typhus. 3.5 Protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, Plasmodium vivax and Trypanosoma gambiense), Helminth and Nematode diseases in humans (Schistosomiasis, Cestodiasis, Termatodasis, Filariasis and Ascariasis). |
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| 3 | Sericulture, Apiculture and Lac culture 4.0 Sericulture : Types of silk, species of silk moth (scientific names), Silkworms and their host plants, mulberry silk worm culture, agricultural aspects of mulberry plant cultivation, extraction and reeling of silk, natural enemies and diseases of silkworm and their control. 5.0 Apiculture : Species of honey bees in India, life history of Apis cerana indica, agriculture techniques, bee products and their uses, natural enemies and diseases of honey bee and their control. 6.0 Lac culture: lac insect (Scientific name), composition of lac, strains of lac insect, cultivation of lac host plants (in brief) processing of lac and uses of lac. 7.0 Wool and fur industry, leather industry. |
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| 4 | 8.0 Vermiculture, Poultry keeping and Dairy industry. 9.0 Prawn culture, Pearl culture. 10.0 Edible fresh water fishes and their diseases, Snakes (Haryana) and its Economic importance of snake venom 11.0 Pharmaceuticals from animals and role of animals in stem cell therapy. How to harves the technology from animals for human welfare 12.0 Animal welfare and ethics, CPCSEA guidelines and maintenance of experimental animals |
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