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Animal and Verterinary Science PG STD

The document outlines the curriculum for a postgraduate degree in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, covering various units including livestock management, animal breeding, nutrition, veterinary anatomy, and clinical medicine. It emphasizes the importance of animal health, production technologies, and the role of veterinarians in disease control and animal welfare. Additionally, it addresses the economic aspects of animal husbandry and the application of modern techniques in veterinary practices.

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Animal and Verterinary Science PG STD

The document outlines the curriculum for a postgraduate degree in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, covering various units including livestock management, animal breeding, nutrition, veterinary anatomy, and clinical medicine. It emphasizes the importance of animal health, production technologies, and the role of veterinarians in disease control and animal welfare. Additionally, it addresses the economic aspects of animal husbandry and the application of modern techniques in veterinary practices.

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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE

(PG DEGREE STANDARD)

SUBJECT CODE: 297

UNIT - I: GENERAL:
Role livestock management - food security - Current Livestock Development
programmes and polices of State and Nation - Legislation for control of animal diseases
- Legal duties of Veterinarian - Common offences against animals and laws governing
import and export of animals - Certification of products.

UNIT – II: ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS, ANIMAL NUTRITION AND


LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

Important breeds of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig and poultry with special reference to
economic characters. Animal breeding - Aids to selection, methods of selection and
culling - current breeding policies and programmes in state and the Nation - Breeding
methods - different mating systems. Population Genetics - Hardy Weinberg law, Effects
of selection, migration, and mutation - Gene frequency. Economic traits, Genetic
parameters - Molecular techniques and their application in animal breeding. Wild
breeding in captivity life.

Nutritional terms and definitions - Proximate composition of feeds - digestion and


metabolism of nutrients in ruminants and non-ruminants. Importance of minerals and
Vitamins in ruminants & non ruminants - classification of feeds and fodders - storage
and conservation of feeds and fodders -feeding standards - formulation of rations and
feeding of dairy cattle and buffaloes - Utilisation of unconventional feeds animal by -
products - wild life nutrition. Use of feed additives, antibiotics and hormones.
Antinutritional factors and methods of removing them. Hydrophonic fodder - nano
nutrients.
Common terms used in Animal Husbandry - Identification, Dentition and Age of animals
– Watering livestock - Removal and disposal of manure and other animal waste - Effect
of environment on the health and productivity of livestock and measures to counteract it
- Different systems of housing, Housing standards for various livestock - Hatchery
management - Different systems of poultry management - sexing and brooding of
chicks - Common symptoms of diseases and control measures -Farm record
maintenance - Judging of cattle. Climate change - global warming - Carbon credits.

UNIT- III: LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY (DAIRY SCIENCE AND MEAT


SCIENCE)
Composition of milk and milk products, clean milk production, processing, storage and
transportation. Preparation of milk powder, cream, butter, ice cream, cheese and ghee.
Role of milk and milk products in human nutrition, Detection of adulterants in milk. Food
safety Norms FSSAI
Ante mortem and post mortem inspection, - objectives of meat inspection - methods of
slaughter -Various techniques of preservation & packaging of meat and meat products -
preservation of eggs. Utilization of slaughter house by-products, role of meat and egg in
human nutrition.

UNIT - IV: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY EXTENSION AND ECONOMICS


Principles of extension education - Extension teaching methods, Audio visual aids -
Characteristics of rural & urban societies. Adopter categories and fators influencing
adoption of technologies, Panchayat Raj. Selection and training of leaders. ICT
initiatives in Livestock Sector, State and Central Governmental Schemes.
Role of animals in the economy of livestock owners. Statistics of animal and poultry -
State wise and nation. Milk and sheep co-operatives - Marketing of livestock and its
products. Preparation of feasibility reports and projects (Economics of a dairy unit,
poultry, piggery, sheep & goat units). Per capita availability and consumption of milk,
meat and egg. Impact of AH programs in the state.
UNIT- V: VETERINARY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
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, blood groups in animals, cardiac cycle,
Blood circulation, Blood pressure, renal function. Hormonal control of Lactogenesis.

UNIT- VI: SURGERY & RADIOLOGY


General surgical principles - Asepsis and Antisepsis - sutures and suturing methods -
Pre medication and Anaesthesia (Local Regional and General) - Common surgical
affections and operative procedures (Wound, Fracture, and dislocation) - cosmetic
surgical operations - Imaging techniques – Pre operative and post operative care of
animals - Intensive care - Physiotherapy - Diathermy – Surgical Emergencies.

UNIT - VII: GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS


Role of hormones in various phases of reproduction in female & male - Symptoms of
estrus and estrous cycle - Embryo Transfer Technology - Fertility and infertility in female
& male, diagnosis and treatment - Pregnancy diagnosis - Diseases and accidents
during gestation, Abortion - Causes and treatment, Stages of parturition in domestic
animals - Types of dystocia, handling, diagnosis and treatment, post partum diseases,
and complications - Collection and evaluation and preservation of semen - Handling of
frozen semen - Techniques of AI- Breeding soundness examination of bulls - Castration
in different species.

In-vitro fertilization - Transgenic animal production - Sexing of gametes and embryos -


Herd health improvement programme.
UNIT - VIII: MICROBIOLOGY AND 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: Type and grade of immunity - Various tests used to detect antibody level -
Vaccines.

Epidemiology of important infectious diseases caused by Bacteria, Virus, Rickettssial,


fungus and parasities - Diagnosis, differential diagnosis, prevention, control and
eradication. Disease outbreak investigation, monitoring, sero surveillance and disease
forecasting.

UNIT - IX: PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY


General Pathology: Causes of diseases - Neoplasm - Disturbances of cell metabolism
and growth.

Systemic Pathology: Cardio vascular, respiratory, digestive, genital, nervous and skin.
Pathology of important diseases caused by bacteria, virus, fungi, helminths and
protozoa in livestock and poultry.

Clinical Pathology: Examination of clinical materials, post mortem techniques, vetro –


Legal implications - Collection and despatch of materials.

Classification of parasites arthropodes - General life cycle, mode of transmission,


pathogenesis, diagnosis and control of Cestodes, Nematodes, Trematodes, use and
abuse of anthelmintics, anthelminitic resistance and Protozoa in animals and birds.
Parasites of zoonotic importance - Anti-parasitic vaccines.
UNIT - X: CLINICAL MEDICINE & THERAPEUTICS AND PHARMACOLOGY &
TOXICOLOGY

General - Special and systemic clinical examinations, diagnostic equipment. Etiology,


clinical symptoms, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of
metabolic diseases. Deficiency diseases - Minerals and vitamins - Fluid therapy,
intensive care - Ethics and juriprudance in domestic and wild animals - Interpretation of
laboratory results.

Drug action - Pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, biotransformation and


excretion), Pharmacodynamics - Local and general anaesthetics - Antibiotics and
chemotheraphy – Toxicology, Ethno veterinary medicine.

Dated: 25.07.2017

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