BS (4 Ye

ears) for A
Affiliated Co
olleges 

 
Codee Subjecct Title Cr. Hrs Sem
mester
ZOOL- 405 Economic Zoology 2 V
VII
Yearr Disciipline
4 Zooloogy

Course Contents
C

Parasitic protozoa an nd human diiseases. Ecoonomic impoortance of prrotozoa. Parrasitic nematodes

and theirr control. Heelminth parassites of mann and other domestic
d animals and theeir control. Mites
M
and tickss and their control. Hoousehold inssects. Insects affecting fruits and fruit f trees. Insect
I
control. Pests
P of pulsse crops. Pessts of oil seeed crops. Stoored grain peests. Pests of
o cotton. Pessts of
vegetablees. Pests of fruits. Pestss of tea. Honney bee. Laac culture. Apiculture.
A S
Sericulture. Pearl
culture. Fish
F industry y. Preservatiion of fishess. Edible freeshwater fishhes. Econom mic importannce of
fishes. Birds (Poultry y). Piggery. Animals use for researrch purpose (archaeopteeryx, frog, raabbit,
rat). Econnomic imporrtance of maammals. Rats: their contrrol

mended Book
Recomm ks

• Manjju Yadav, 20 003. Econom mic Zoology.. New Delhi,, Discovery, pp. 348.
• Ravinndranathan K.R.,
K 2003. Economic
E Z
Zoology. Domminan publisshers, New Delhi.
D
• Vishwwapremi, K.K.C., 1995. Economic Zoology
Z Dellhi, ISSBN 81-7158-194
8 4.
• Philipppa, S. Esdaaila, 1999. Ecconomic Zooology. Oscarr publicationns.
BS (4 Ye
ears) for A
Affiliated Co
olleges 
 

Codee Subjecct Title Cr. Hrs Sem

mester
ZOOL-4406 Lab. Econommic Zoology 1 V
VII
Year Discip
pline
4 Zoology

Course Contents
C

1. A
Apiculture

Preparingg to handle honeybee colonies; Innspection off bees, orgaanization wiithin the coolony;
Examinaation of coloonies for disease and othher problemms: Equipmennt making anda using top-bar
hives, fraame hives, frames,
f smokers, and otther equipmeent; Nailing//wiring of frames
fr and fixing
f
combs; Queen
Q raring
g; preparatioon of queenn cells, graffting larvae, Managemeent: supplem mental
feeding, making can ndy, unitingg colonies; collecting pollen
p propolis; Honeyy harvestingg and
preparingg for marketing; Harvestting and possessing beess wax; and seeasonal mannagement.

2. Sericulture
Rearing techniques
t f breeding of the silkworm Bombyyx mori.
for
Field visiit to demonsstration site in
i a house-bold in a nearr by locality across Channga Manga.
3. A
Aquaculture e
Identificaation of important speciees of Fish annd their naturral enemies.
Study vissit to fish Haatchery, Nurrsery ponds, Stocking poonds and com mmercial fishh breeding farms
fa

Recomm
mended Book
ks

• Ahmad, R. and Muzaffar, N., N 1987. Rearing

R of Silkworm.
S M
Misc. Pub. Pak.
P Agric. Res.
Counncil, pp. 53.
• Akhtar, M. and Muzaffar, N., N 2008. Inntroduction to Apicultuure, Departm ment of Zooology,
Punjaab University y Press, 36 pp.
p
• Anonn, 1986. The Hive and thhe Honeybeee. Dadant & Sons. Illinoiis, USA, pp. 740.
• Anonn, 1999. FAO O Bulletins on
o Sericulturre Nos. 1 & 2. FAO Offiice, Rome, Italy.
• Blackkiston, H., 2001.
2 Beekeeeping for Dummies.
D W
Wiley Publishhing, Inc. Inndiana, USA
A, pp.
303.
• Shukkla, G.S. andd Upadhayayy, V.B., 19977. Economicc Zoology, 3rd3 Ed. Rasttogi Publicattions,
Mearrut, India, ppp. 369.
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