UNIT – I – GENERAL
- Role of livestock and their products in Indian economy and human health
- current livestock programmes and policies of State and Nation
- Economics of dairy, sheep, goat, poultry, pig and rabbit farming; constraints to the livestock development programs
- common offences against animals – SPCA, Animal Welfare Board of India, NGOs.
UNIT – II : LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
- Common terms used in Animal Husbandry
- Identification of age of animals
- Livestock and poultry breeds and breed characters
- Livestock and poultry housing systems, and requirements of space, ventilation, water, sanitation and waste disposal.
- Management of milk, meat, egg and wool producing livestock, breeding bulls and draft animals and wild animals in captivity
- Farm records and their maintenance
- Systems and strategies for livestock improvement for enhancing productivity.
UNIT – III : LIVESTOCK NUTRITION
- Nutritional terms and definitions
- Role of nutrition in health and production
- classification and composition of feed and fodders including forest grasses
- anti- nutritional factors and toxins in feeds and fodders
- feeding standards and nutrient requirements of different categories of livestock / poultry and computation of rations.
- Nutritional deficiency and its influence on livestock performance
- feed supplements and additives
- conservation and preservation of feed and fodders
- economic utilization of agro by-products for feeding livestock
- Utilisation of unconventional feeds
- Wildlife nutrition
- Quality control of feed
- feed block/baling
- By-Pass Proteins and by-pass Fat
- Feeding livestock during scarcity
- Metabolic disorders in Livestock and Poultry
- Processing of feeds and forage to improve nutritive value.
UNIT – IV : LIVESTOCK BREEDING AND GENETICS
- Important breeds of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig and poultry with special reference to economic characters
- Important species of wild animals and their breeding in captivity
- Selection of Livestock for production, reproduction and disease resistance traits
- Principles of genetics and basis of population genetics, genetic parameters
- Nature of DNA and RNA-their models and functions
- Applications of recombinant DNA technology, cloning and marker Assisted selection and Cytogenetics
- Animal breeding policies and programmes in state and Nation
UNIT – V : VETERINARY ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
- Gross study of bones, joints and muscles of skeleton
- Gross study of heart and its conduction system
- Gross study of organs of digestive, respiratory urinary and reproductive systems
- Digestion, metabolism and absorption of carbohydrates, proteins and fats in simple stomach animals and ruminants
- Mechanism of respiration
- General functions of blood (blood cells, plasma & serum) coagulation
- cardiac cycle
- Blood circulation
- Blood pressure
- renal function
- Hormonal control of Lactogenesis
- Environmental factors affecting animal production
- Environmental stress on animal performance
- Green Houses Gases – Role of ruminants
UNIT – VI : VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY, VETERINARY PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
- Bacteriology & Mycology:
- Classification – isolation, identification and culturing of bacteria and fungi
- Methods of transmission of infection
- Sterilization and disinfection
- Antibiogram
- Virology:
- Classification
- cultivation
- replication
- General characteristics of various families of RNA and DNA viruses
- Immunology
- Immune system organs
- tissues and cells
- infection and immunity
- type and grade of immunity
- serological reactions and modern diagnostic techniques
- vaccine
- Epidemiology
- Concept, Scope, Objectives and Uses of Epidemiology
- Monitoring and surveillance- epidemiological disciplines
- Pathogenesis, clinical signs, differential diagnosis, prevention and control of common bacterial, viral, fungal, rickettsial and parasitic diseases of livestock, poultry and pet animals including wild life species-
- Regional, endemic, emerging and re-emerging important disease. Allergic skin tests and modern diagnostic techniques.
UNIT – VII : PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY
- Pathology
- Concept and causes of diseases in animals
- general principles and procedures of necropsy
- collection, preservation and dispatch of morbid materials for laboratory diagnosis
- disease investigation
- common pathological conditions seen in domestic, wild, zoo and laboratory animals and birds
- Vetro-legal implications.
- Parasitology
- Classification of Parasites
- Parasite and parasitism in animals
- important morphological features, life-cycles, mode of transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, chemotherapy and general control measures of parasites associated with disease in animals, birds and zoo animals.
UNIT – VIII : PHARMACOLOGY
- Drug action
- Pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion)
- Pharmacodynamics
- Local and general anesthetics
- Antibiotics and chemotherapy
- Toxicology
- Ethnoveterinary practices.
UNIT – IX : VETERINARY CLINICAL MEDICINE, VETERINARY GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS AND VETERINARY SURGERY AND RADIOLOGY
- General and special clinical examination, etiology, clinical signs, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention and control of metabolic, deficiency diseases.
- Ethics and jurisprudence in domestic and wild animals.
- Reproductive physiology; hormones and reproduction; Accidents of gestation, livestock fertility and infertility; artificial insemination; semen characteristics of different species of livestock and cryopreservation. Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer technology in livestock and zoo animals Reproductive disorders and their management.
- General surgical principles – Pre and post-operative considerations, anesthesia, asepsis and anti-sepsis and sterilization; scope, history and development of veterinary radiology; Imaging pathology of different parts of body-surgical emergencies – Intensive care – Physiotherapy – Diathermy.
UNIT- X : LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY
- Ante mortem and Post mortem inspection – Objectives of meat inspection – Abattoir practices, methods of slaughtering and dressing; Meat Inspection Laws, utilization of by products; unsound meat and its disposal; quality control of meat and eggs and their products. Milk: Proximate Composition, milk collection, cooling / chilling and transportation; physio-chemical and nutritional characters of milk and milk products; processing of raw milk and production of market milk. Condensed and dried milk, special milk and Indian Dairy Products – Packaging and storage.
- Cleaning and sanitization of dairy equipments and plants; role of micro- organisms in milk and milk products; legal standards and quality assessment of milk and milk products-role of milk and milk products, meat and egg in human nutrition – Detection of adulterants in milk. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in dairy and Hazard analysis in critical control point (HACCP) in dairy Processing. FSSAI laws.
UNIT- X : LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY
- Ante mortem and Post mortem inspection – Objectives of meat inspection – Abattoir practices, methods of slaughtering and dressing; Meat Inspection Laws, utilization of by products; unsound meat and its disposal; quality control of meat and eggs and their products. Milk: Proximate Composition, milk collection, cooling / chilling and transportation; physio-chemical and nutritional characters of milk and milk products; processing of raw milk and production of market milk. Condensed and dried milk, special milk and Indian Dairy Products – Packaging and storage.
- Cleaning and sanitization of dairy equipments and plants; role of micro- organisms in milk and milk products; legal standards and quality assessment of milk and milk products-role of milk and milk products, meat and egg in human nutrition – Detection of adulterants in milk. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in dairy and Hazard analysis in critical control point (HACCP) in dairy Processing. FSSAI laws.
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