Assam University BSC Zoology Syllabus Honours 6th sem (paper-II)

Assam University BSC Zoology Syllabus Honours 6th sem (paper-II)

Paper ZOOH .602 (THEORY) 

(Applied Zoology I) 

Full Marks: 35 

Pass Marks: 12 

Unit - I 

Applied Entomology I 

i) Stored grain pest: Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae), Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) & Pulse beetle (CaIlaosbruchus Chinensis)
ii) Test pest - Red Spider Mite (Oligonychus coffee)

Unit -II 

Applied Entomology II 

I) Paddy pest - Stem borer (Tryporya incertuIusL Gandhi bug (LeptocOriSa acuta), Rice hispa (Dicladispa armigera).
ii) Principles of Integrated Pest Management.

Unit - III

Medical Zoology I 

i) Introduction to Parasitology.
ii) Brief accounts of life history, mode of infection and pathogenicity of the following pathogens
(a) Pathogenic Protozoans: Entamoeba, Leishmania, Giardia. (b) Pathogenic HelmintheS: Echinococcus, Ancylostoma.

Unit -IV 

Medical Zoology II 

I) Epidemic diseases, such as typhoid, cholera, small pox, their occurrence and eradication programmes.

Unit - V 

Fisheries 

I) Riverine & beel fisheries in Assam.
ii) Bundh breeding and Induced breeding.
iii) Composite fish culture, Integrated fish farming with poultry1 duckery and piggery.

Distribution of Marks :- 

Unit-I - 7
Unit-Il - 7
Unit-Ill - 7
Unit-tV - 7
Unit-V - 7
TOTAL - 35 a

Paper I
Paper III
Practical