Syllabus
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Course Code: B-ZOO-501 (ii) Course Name: Applied Zoology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Apiculture: History and Introduction; Honey bee and kinds; Social organization and colony nests;
Lifecycle; Honey composition, quality and importance; Bee keeping, selection, methods,
products. 2. Sericulture: Silkworm moth species and their life cycle; Silk composition, kind and uses; Rearing of silkworm, silk reeling, twisting and weaving; Diseases and pests of silkworm 3. Prawn Culture: Introduction to Prawns, species; Prawn Farming methods, processing and preservation of prawns. 4. Pearl Culture: Historical Background, species; Pearl formation, composition, quality and commercial value, Artificial culturing, synthetic pearl types and their manufacturing, methods of harvesting. |
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| 2 | 5. Pisciculture: Economically important fresh water and marine fishes; Fish culture, Fish farming
technologies, Problems of seed collection from natural resources, Induced breeding methods,
Products and by products from pisciculture 6. Poultry: Nomenclature and breeds of poultry birds; Egg structure and quality, nutritive values, factors affecting size and egg processing, Poultry products and by products 7. Fur and Leather Industry: Fur producing animals; Fur farming, dressing, processing and dyeing, Fur industry in India; Animals of leather industry, processing of skin, flaying, curing salting and tanning. 8. Piggery and other Utilities of Animals: Characteristics of swine and important breeds, Products and by products; Pharmaceuticals from animals; Uses of animals in vaccine production |
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