Medical, Agricultural and Economic Zoology:
A. Outline idea of diseases, their causative organism, mode of infection, symptoms and preventive
measures of :
(i) Malaria
(ii) Filariasis
(iii) Ascariaisis
Distinguishing features of Culex, Anopheles and Aedes
Life cycle and comparative study of Culex and Anopheles;
Causative agents of encephalitis and kalaazar and control of their vectors.
B. Characteristic features of major and minor carps and examples of exotic carps. Mechanism of induced breeding – hypophysation.
Composite culture of carps, common diseases of carp – Gillrot, fin rot and Dropsy.
Definition of pest, Damage symptoms and control of Scirpophaga incertulus and Leptocorisa acuta.
C.Poultry – Types of poultry birds ; high yielding varieties of poultry birds. Species of honey bees in India and different castes in a colony. Composition and uses of honey.
Chemical composition of silk, types of silk and silk worms.
Life cycles of mulberry silk worm. Structure of silk gland.
Symptoms of Flacherie, Muscardine, Grassarie and Pebrine.
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