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Syllabus: Animal Husbandry and
Veterinary Science Preliminary |
1. General : Role of Livestock in
Indian Economy and human health. Mixed farming.
Agro climatic zones and livestock distribution. Socioeconomic aspects of
livestock enterprise with special reference to women.
2. Genetics and Breeding : Principle of genetics, chemical nature of
DNA and RNA
and their models and functions. Recombinant DNA technology,
transgenic animals,
multiple ovulation and embryo-transfer. Cytogenetics, immunogenetics
and
biochemical polymorphic and their application in animal improvement.
Gene
actions. Systems and strategies for improvement of livestock for
milk, meat,
wool production and drought and poultry for eggs and meat. Breeding
of animals
for disease resistance. Breeds of livestock, poultry and rabbits.
3. Nutrition : Role of nutrition in animal health and production.
Classification
of feeds, Proximate composition of feeds, feeding standards,
computation of
rations. Ruminant nutrition. Concepts of total digestible nutrients
and starch
equivalent systems. Significance of energy determinations.
Conservation of feeds
and fodder and utilization of agro by-products. Feed supplements and
additives.
Nutrition deficiencies and their management.
4. Management : Systems of housing and management of livestock,
poultry and
rabbits. Farm record. Economics of livestock, poultry and rabbit
farming. Clean
milk production. Veterinary hygiene with reference to water, air and
habitation.
Sources of water and standards of potable water. Purification of
water. Air
changes and thermal comfort. Drainage systems and effluent disposal.
Biogas.
5. Animal Production : (a) Artificial insemination, fertility and
sterility.
Reproductive physiology, semen charcteristics and preservation.
Sterility its
causes and remedies.
(b) Meat eggs and wool production. Methods of slaughter of meat
animals, meat
inspection, judgement, carcass characteristics, adulteration and its
detection
processing and preservation.; Meat products, quality control and
nutritive
value, By-products. Physiology of egg production, nutritive value,
grading of
eggs preservation and marketing.
Types of wool, grading and marketing.
6. Veterinary Science : (i) Major contagious diseases affecting
cattle,
buffaloes, horses, sheep and goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits and pet
animals-Etiology, symptoms, pathogenicity, diagnosis, treatment and
control of
major bacterial, viral, rickettsial and parasitic infections.
(ii) Description, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the following
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(a) Production diseases of milch animals, pig and poultry.
(b) Deficiency diseases of domestic livestock and birds.
(c) Poisonings due to infected/contaminated foods and feeds,
chemicals
and drugs.
7. Principles of immunization and vaccination : Different types of
immunity,
antigens and antibodies. Methods of immunization. Breakdown of
immunity,
Vaccines and their use in animals.
Zoonoses, Food borne infections and intoxications, occupation
hazards
8. (a) Poisons used for killing animals euthanasia.
(b) Drugs used for increasing production/performance efficiency, and
their
adverse effects.
(c) Drugs used to tranquilize wild animals as well as animals in
captivity.
(d) Quarantine measures in India and abroad. Act, Rules and
Regulations.
9. Dairy Science : Physicochemical and nutritional properties of
milk.
Quality assessment of milk and milk products, Common tests and legal
standards.
Cleaning and sanitation of dairy equipment. Milk collections,
chilling,
transportation processing, packaging, storage and distribution.
Manufacture of
market milk, cream butter, cheese, ice-cream, condensed and dried
milk, by
products and Indian Milk products.
Unit operations in dairy plant.
Role of micro organism in quality of milk and products physiology of
milk
secretion.
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