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HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-620 002

B.Sc. ZOOLOGY (Specialization in Biotecnology)

(For the candidates admitted from 2015 onwards)

SEMESTER-I

MAJOR CORE I-ANIMAL DIVERSITY 1: INVERTEBRATA

SPECIFIC OUTCOME OF LEARNING (SOL)

Credit: 5 Code: U15ZO1MCT01

Hours/week: 7

The Student

Unit : I

explains the concept of taxonomy, methods of grouping

explains the principles of classification and its significance.

Phylum Protozoa: describes the general characteristics of Phylum Protozoa.

explains the type study of Paramecium

classifies Protozoa into various classes with an example.

explains the characteristic features of each class.

classifies each class into various orders with an example

lists the general characteristics of each order.

lists the animals of biological interest in Protozoa.

Phylum Porifera: explains the general characteristics of Phylum Porifera.

Explains the type study of Sponge

Classifies Porifera into various classes with an example.

Explains the characteristic features of each class.

Classifies each class into various orders with an example

Lists the general characteristics of each order.

Lists the animals of biological interest in Porifera.

Phylum Coelenterata: describes the general characteristics of Phylum Coelenterata.

Explains the type study of Obelia

Classifies Phylum Coelenterata into various classes with an example.




Lists the animals of biological interest in Coelenterata.

Defines coral reefs.

Explains the distribution of corals in India and its ecological importance

Unit: II

Phylum Platyhelminthes: describes the general characteristics of Phylum Platyhelminthes.

Explains the type study of Tape worm

Classifies Platyhelminthes into various classes with an example.




Lists the animals of biological interest in Platyhelminthes.

Phylum Aschelminthes: describes the general characteristics of Phylum Aschelminthes.

Explains the type study of Ascaris

Classifies Aschelminthes into various classes with an example.




Lists the animals of biological interest in Aschelminthes.

Lists the Nematode parasites of man and mentions the mode of infection,

disease caused and control measures of Enterobius, Ancylostoma ,

Wuchereria, Dracunculus.

Phylum Annelida: describes the general characteristics of Phylum Annelida.

Explains the type study of Leech

Classifies Annelida into various classes with an example.




Lists the animals of biological interest in Annelida.

Unit: III

Phylum Arthropoda: describes the general characteristics of Phylum Arthropoda.

Classifies Arthropoda into various classes with an example.


Explains the type study of cockroach

Classifies class Insecta alone into various orders with an example


Lists the animals of biological interest in Arthropoda.

Unit: IV

Phylum Mollusca: describes the general characteristics of Phylum Mollusca

Classifies Mollusca into various classes with an example.


Explains the type study of Pila



Lists the animals of biological interest in Mollusca.

Phylum Echinodermata describes the general characteristics of Phylum Echinodermata

Explains the type study of Starfish

Classifies Echinodermata into various classes with an example.




Lists the animals of biological interest in Echinodermata.

Unit: V

Phylum Hemichordata describes the general characteristics of Phylum Hemichordata

Explains the type study of Balanoglossus

Classifies Hemichordata into various classes with an example.


Explains the Phylogenetic significance of Hemichordata

explains the Phylogeny of Invertebrate

explains the levels of organization of Invertebrates

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-2


SEMESTER III

ALLIED ZOOLOGY: 4 (Compulsory for Botany students)

BIOLOGY OF INVERTEBRATES AND CHORDATES

SOL Code : U15ZO3ACT04

The Student

Unit I

- comprehends the general characters and levels of organization of the invertebrates

- reasons out the differences between levels such as a acellular, cellular, tissue and organ

grade of organization.

- lists the salient features of Phylum - Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes,

Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca & Echinodermata.

- describes the organization and functioning of a few representative types

Phylum: Protozoa

Plasmodium

- explains the life cycle

- identifies man as an intermediate host

- explains the pathogenicity

- states the control measures

- defines the terms such as sporogony, schizogony, gametogony and ex-flagellation

Phylum: Coelenterata

Aurelia

- explains the organization of Aurelia, its life cycle with reference to alternation of

generation.

- defines strobilization.

Unit II

Phylum: Platyhelminthes

Fasciola hepatica

- describes organization and lifecycle of Fasciola.

- states the modeof transmission, symptoms and control measure

- describes the larval forms

- explains the morphological and physiological adaptations

Phylum: Annelida

Hirudinaria

- identifies leech as an ectoparasite

- explains the digestive system and mode of feeding.

- explains the nephridia in leech.

- explains the reproductive system and development with cocoon formation.

Unit III

Phylum: Arthropoda

Penaeus

- describes the morphology of Penaeus.

- draws and labels the appendages of prawn and assigns functions to each

- describes digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive systems

- explains the life history and different stages of larval development of prawn.

Phylum: Mollusca

Pila

- describes the external characteristics, its shell structure and the structural

organization of the mantle cavity.

- defines the pallial complex.

- describes the digestive system and its associated structure.

- explains the bimodal type of respiration relating the structure with its function

- describes the course of circulation in pila with suitable illustrations.

- explains the excretory, nervous and reproductive systems in pila with

illustrations.

- defines and states the function of osphradium.

Phylum: Echinodermata

Asterias

- describes the external characteristics of star fish.

- defines and classifies pedicellaria.

- describes the water vascular system with diagram.

- describes the digestive, respiratory, excretory, nervous and reproductive system

- defines and describes the bipinnaria larva.

Unit IV

Biology of Chordates

- lists the salient features of prochordates.

Vertebrata

- lists the general features of the vertebrates.

Class: Reptilia

Calotes

- describes the external features of calotes .

- describes the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, nervous (brain. and urinogenital

Systems)

Unit V

Class: Aves

Pigeon

- enlists the typical characters of Aves

- describes the morphology.

- explains the digestive, respiratory, circulatory and urinogenital system.

Class: Mammalia

Rabbit

- enlists the typical characters of Mammalia

- describes the morphology of rabbit

- explains the digestive, respiratory, circulatory and urinogenital system.

- defines dental formula

- describes the structure of the brain, eye, ear and skin

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 2

B.Sc. ZOOLOGY (Specialization in Biotechnology)

(For Students Admitted from 2015 onwards)

SEMESTER III

MAJOR CORE: 4- CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Code: U15ZO3MCT04

Credits: 5

Hours/Week: 5

Specific Outcome of Learning (SOL)

Unit I

The student

Illustrates the ultrastructure of plasma membrane-Unit membrane and Fluid

mosaic models; modifications.

Describes the permeability functions- Passive, Facilitated, Active, Exo and

Endocytosis;

Explains signal transduction.

Illustrates the mitochondria: Ultra structure – chemistry and functions.

Describes the lysosome: Polymorphic forms,

Defines cytochemistry – Functions of lysosomes..

Unit II

The student

Describes the structure – Composition and Assembly – Functions of ribosomes.

Illustrates the ultra structure - Types – Protein trafficking- Other functions of

Endoplasmic Reticulum.

Explains the ultra structure - Role in cell secretion of golgi complex

Describes the ultra structure and functions of centrosomes.

Unit III

The student

Explains the chromosomal organization – its chemistry and functions.

Describes the giant Cchromosomes – polytene and lampbrush – Organization and

functions.

Illustrates the ultrastructural organization and functions of nucleus.

Explains cell division: Mitosis - Stages- Spindle mechanics- mitotic inhibitors,

Meiosis – Stages – Significance.

Unit IV

The student

Explains Watson Crick double helix model of DNA

Defines replication

Describes the process of semi-conservative replication

Explains the Central dogma of Molecular Biology

Defines transcription

Distinguishes RNA polymerase types

Describes RNA polymerase II and its role

Lists the transcription factors and their functions

Describes the promoter sequences and their role

Explains the transcriptional complex and its assembly

Explains elongation factors and the process of elongation in transcription

Describes termination of transcription

Defines reverse transcription

Explains cDNA production in retrovirus infection

Defines post transcriptional modification of mRNA

Explains capping, polyadenylation and splicing

Describes introns and exons

Unit V

The student

Describes the structure of mRNA and its functions

Explains the structure of tRNA and its functions

Explains the structure of rRNA and its functions

Defines genetic code

Lists and Explains the features of genetic code

Defines translation

Explains the steps in protein synthesis

Describes initiation

Explains the initiation factors involved

Describes elongation process

Describes termination of polypeptide synthesis

Defines post translational modification

Explains glycosylation

Explains phosphorylation

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-2

B.Sc. ZOOLOGY- SEMESTER - III

MAJOR CORE- 5 – GENETICS


CODE: U15ZO3MCT05

Credits: 5

Hours/Week: 5

Specific Outcome of Learning (SOL)

Unit I:

Mendelian traits.

The student

- enlists the various Mendelian traits in human

- defines Pedigree

- Learns the different symbols used in the Pedigree chart.

- Draws the Pedigree chart for the different mode of inheritance.

Multiple alleles with reference to blood groups.

- Defines multiple alleles.

- Enlists the characters of multiple alleles.

- Explains the concept of antigen and antibodies.

- Classifies the ABO blood group depending upon the antigen and antibody.

- Identifies the blood group.

- Explains the concept of Universal donar & Universal recepient.

- Describes the genetic basis of inheritance of blood group. - Explains the Rh

+ Rh

- blood types and Rh incompatability.

- Applies the knowledge of blood group inheritance in case findings like parental

disputes etc.

Linkage.

- Defines linkage.

- Explains the process of linkage with an example in Drosophila Morgan’s

experiment; grey long & Black vestigial winged Drosophila.

- Differentiates complete and incomplete linkage.

Crossing over.

- Defines crossing over & explains it with an example.

- Lists the types of crossing over.

- Understands the theories to explain the mechanism of crossing over.

- Describes the cytological basis of crossing over.

Gene map.

- Defines the chromosome map.

- Explains the steps involved in mapping 2 point cross and 3 point crosses.

- Applies this knowledge to any gene determines gene order.

Polygenic inheritance

- Defines polygenes

- Explains inheritance of skin colour in man.

Unit II:

Sex determination

- Differentiates autosomes from allosomes.

- Explains theories proposed to determine sex.

- Describes chromosomal mechanism, the heterogametic theory

- Distinguishes heterogametic and homogametic sex.

- Explains the XO and XY types of males and females.

- Describes genic balance theory of Bridges in Drosophila

- Defines Sex-index, super female, supermale and intersex with reference to

Drosophila.

Sex determination in Man.

- Defines Barr body.

- Explains dosage compensation & Lyon’s hypothesis.

- Explains sex determining mechanism in man.

- Defines HY – antigen & SRY gene.

Non- disjunction.

- Defines and classifies non- disjunction.

- Explains gametic non-disjunction.

- Describes somatic non-disjunction and its origin.

- Explains gynandromorphism and its types.

Sex linked inheritance.

- Defines sex linkage.

- Describes pattern of inheritance in man, taking colour blindness & haemophilia as

example.

- Explains criss- cross inheritance.

- Explains holandric inheritance stating examples.

- Distinguishes sex – limited & Sex - influenced inheritance with examples.

Cytoplasmic inheritance.

- Explains cytoplasmic inheritance.

- Describes cytoplasmic inheritance in paramecium by kappa particles and shell

coiling in snail.

Unit III:

Introduction to gene function.

- Defines inborn errors of metabolism.

- Explains metabolic disorders related to phenylalanine metabolism as PKU,

alkaptoneuria and albinism.

- Explains thalassemias

- Explains sickle cell anemia and the genetic cause.

Genetic counselling.

- Defines prenatal diagnosis.

- Explains the various methods of prenatal diagnosis like ultrasound scanning,

aminocentesis, chorionic villus sampling & AFP test.

- Explains the management of genetic disorders.

Unit IV:

Mutation.

- Defines Mutation.

- Classifies Mutation.

- Explains types of mechanism of mutation production,

- Defines and explains transition, transversion, frame shift, deletion and addition of

nucleotides.

- Explains tautomerism, base analogues and deamination.

- States mutagenic agents.

- Explains radiations and chemicals as mutagens.

- Describes ClB method to detect sex linked lethal mutation.

Variation in chromosomes.

- Classifies chromosomal aberration in structure.

- Explains phenomenon of deletion, duplication, inversion & translocation.

- Distinguishes ploidy, eupliody & aneuploidy.

- Explains types of euploidy.

- Describes polyploidy, its types, examples, origin and effects.

- Explains Down, Turner & Klinefelter syndrome and their clinical features.

Population genetics.

- Defines H.W. law.

- Explains calculation of gene frequency for tasters & non-tasters using these laws.

- Explains calculation of gene frequency for ABO blood groups using the law.

Unit V:

Recombination in bacteria.

- Distinguishes conjugation, transformation, transduction and sexduction.

- Explains F transfer in bacteria.

- Explains Hfr transfer in bacteria.

- Defines transformation and describes steps involved in transformation.

- Describes transduction.

- Distinguishes generalized and specialized transduction.

- Describes sexduction.

Gene regulation.

- Defines promoter, operator, regulator genes, repressor, corepressor substances.

- Explains inducible, repressible and feedback regulation with an example.

- Explains ‘Lac’ operon and its regulation.

Cancer genetics.

- Defines oncogenes.

- Explains activation of proto- oncogenes.

- Explains anti- oncogenes with examples.


B. Sc. ZOOLOGY (With Specialization in Biotechnology)


SEMESTER V

MAJOR CORE 9 - BIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES

Credits: 4 Code: U15ZO5MCT09

Hours /Week : 5

SPECIFIC OUTCOMES OF LEARNING (SOL)

UNIT- I

The student

Learn definitions of Percentage, Normality, Molarity, ppm, buffers, stock and working

solution.

Understand units of measurement and learns to prepare solutions.

Learns stains and principles of staining (Haematoxylin and eosin).

Develops the skill to fix tissues and prepare them for histological study.

UNIT II

Distinguishes between different types of microscopes and learns the principle and

applications of Light microscope, Phase contrast, Confocal scanning light microscopy,

Fluorescence and Electron (TEM, SEM and STEM), X-ray crystallography.

Operates the pH meter for making measurements of sample solutions.

UNIT III

Comprehends the nature and properties of Electromagnetic spectrum.

Verifies the Beer- Lambert law through the use of Colorimeter

Learns the principle and applications of Spectrophotometer, Flow cytometer and Nuclear

magnetic resonance.

Analyses the effects of radioactivity, detection and measurement of radioactivity and

appreciates the use of autoradiography, Geiger Muller and Scintillation counters in

biological science.

UNIT IV

Comprehends the concepts of relative centrifugal force, sedimentation coefficient,

principle and applications of Preparative Centrifuge, Differential and Gradient

centrifugation, Analytical centrifuges and Ultra centrifuge.

Distinguishes between various types of Chromatography its principles and applications of

Paper, Thin layer, Column, HPLC, Gas-liquid, Ion-exchange, Affinity and Gel

permeation, GC-MS and MALDI- TOF, LC-MS.

UNIT V

Describes the principle and applications of Paper, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis -

PAGE and SDS – PAGE, Agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE) and

immunoelectrophoresis, isoelectric focusing.

Learns about nanomaterials, nanostructures and nanoscales.

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B.Sc., Zoology (Specialization in Biotechnology)


Semester V

Major Core 7 – Developmental Biology and Evolution

SOL

Code: U15ZO5MCT07

Unit.I

Unit I.1

The student

Defines Fertilization

Describes the physical aspects of fertilization

Describes the chemical aspects of fertilization

Describes the cytological aspects of fertilization

Lists the significance of fertilization.

Unit I.2

Defines Parthenogenesis

Describes the natural parthenogenesis and its significance

Describes the artificial parthenogenesis

Unit I.3

Enumerates the types of cleavage (Holoblastic and meroblastic)

Describes the patterns of radial, spiral, bilateral, rotational cleavage

Explains the determinate and indeterminate cleavage

Describes fate map, morphogenetic movements, gastrulation in frog, chick and mammals

Unit.II

Unit II.1

The Student

Defines organogenesis – ectodermal and mesodermal derivatives

Describes the embryonic development of brain of frog embryo

Describes the embryonic development of eye of frog embryo

Describes the embryonic development of heart of mammalian embryo

Describes the embryonic development of kidney of mammalian embryo

Unit II.2

Explain extra embryonic membranes in chick

Describes types and functions of placentation in mammals.

Unit II.3

Learns about nuclear transplantation in amphibia.

Unit III

Unit III.1

The Student

Describes the Spemann’s embryonic induction and chain of induction.

Explain the post embryonic development of insects and amphibians.

Unit III.2

Describes the regeneration in invertebrates and vertebrates.

Learns about the development of immune system in vertebrates.

Unit III.3

Defines aging and explains about its concepts and models.

Unit-IV

Unit IV.1

The Student

Defines Lamarckism and Neo-lamarckism.

Defines Darwinism and Neo- Darwinism.

Describes the mutation theory and their role in evolution.

Unit IV.2

Describes the animal colouration and mimicry.

Learns the isolating mechanisms

Unit IV.3

Describes modes of speciation.

Explains adaptive radiation in reptiles and golden ages of reptiles and mammals.

Learns about the origin of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

Unit V

Unit V.1

The Student

Defines the molecular evolution.

Describe the stages of primate and human evolution, future of human.

Explains the concepts of neutral evolution, molecular divergence and molecular clocks.

Unit V.2

Describes the fossil formation.

Learns the types of fossils (molds and casts, petrification fossils, whole body fossils, foot

prints and trackways, coprolites)

Explains dating of fossils and Narmatha man.

Unit V.3

Studies the Indian fossils (Coelocanth fish, Dinosaur and Mammoth).

Learns about living fossils.

Describes the extinct animals, types of extinction, rates, causes and significance of

extinction.


DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY


III B.Sc. ZOOLOGY - SEMESTER-V

MAJOR CORE-8: FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

SOL

Code: U15ZO5MCT08

Hours/Week: 5

Credits: 4

Unit-I

Student

- presents the scope of Biotechnology and interdisciplinary pursuit.

- explains the various steps involved in genetic engineering.

- describes the different methods involved in isolation of DNA ( Shot gun

technique, cDNA preparation using m RNA & artificial gene synthesis).

- explains the steps involved in the construction of Genomic and cDNA libraries.

- describes nomenclature, types and uses of restriction endonuclease enzyme

- explains the linking of DNA by DNA ligase, DNA polymerases, reverse

transcriptase terminal transferases, T4 polynucleotide kinases, methylases,

DNAses, ribonucleases, alkaline phosphatases, S1 nucleases

- linkers, adapters and homopolymer tails, terminal dinucleotides transferases.

Unit-II

- explains the characteristics of different vectors (Col E1, pBR322; bacteriophage-

M13 and λ phage, cosmid, phagmid, YAC, BAC, animal and plant viruses as

vectors, shuttle vector, cloning and expression vectors).

- describes the advantages and disadvantages of host systems used in biotechnology

E. coli, Bacillus, yeast and mammalian cells.

- explains the different types of gene transfer techniques (Bacterial transformation,

calcium phosphate co-transformation, transduction, protoplast fusion,

electroporation and microinjection).

- describes the methods to select and screen the recombinant clones by insertional

inactivation, Immunological screening and DNA hybridization.

- defines reporter gene and the concept of fusion protein.

Unit-III

- illustrates the principles of blotting techniques- Immunoblot, Southern, Northern,

Western and dot blot.

- explains the principle and applications of PCR.

- describes the Sanger method and next generation sequencing methods for DNA

sequencing.

- explains the salient features and the outcomes of the Human Genome Project.

- explains the principle and applications of DNA microarray.

Unit-IV

- explains the Gene knock out technique and its significance.

- describes the principle and applications of DNA finger printing.

- explains the economic, ecological, social and legal aspects of biotechnology.

- defines IPR and explains the concept and the importance of patenting.

Unit-V

- explains the methods in plant tissue culture

- presents the media used for plant tissue culture

- explains the principles and applications of cell culture, suspension culture, organ

culture, callus culture.

- defines somatic embryogenesis, direct and indirect somatic hybridization,

somaclonal variation, cybrid, hybrids.

- describes isolation and culture of protoplasts.

- explains protoplast fusion as a technique to regeneration of somatic hybrids.

- Describes haploid production, anther, pollen culture.

- Lists the application of plant tissue culture.

- describes the establishment of a primary cell culture.

- explains the maintenance of secondary cell lines.

- defines continuous cell lines.

- explains the culture media and its applications of animal cell culture.

- defines stem cells.

- lists the types of stem cells.

- explains the applications of stem cell culture.

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPALLI-2

B.Sc. ZOOLOGY (With Specialization in Biotechnology)


SEMESTER V

MAJOR ELECTIVE 2- MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS

Code: U15ZO5MET03

Specific Outcomes of Learning

Microbiology:

Unit I

The Student

- explains the scope of microbiology

- explains Whittaker’s classification of microbes

- enlists the salient features of Actinomycetes

- describes the prokaryotic organization of bacteria

- describes the ultra structure of virus (T4)

- enumerates the nutritional requirements and nutritional types of bacteria

- describes different types of culture media

- describes the processes of sterilization- Autoclave, Hot air oven, Laminar air flow

- describes the preparation of pure culture and maintenance

- describes the culture and growth characteristics of bacteria.

Unit II

The Student

- enlists the common air and soil microbes

- distinguishes between symbiotic and non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation giving

examples.

- describes nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium in leguminous plants

- explains microbial food spoilage

- explains food poisoning with examples.

- explains physico-chemical methods of food preservation

- Enlists the common microbes in drinking water

- Explains the significance of water potability test

- describes the basic design of a fermentor.

- explains the types of fermentor

- presents the biochemistry and production of ethanol.

- explains the industrial fermentation of penicillin and enzymes.

- explains the principle and methods of pasteurization.

- describes the preparation of curd and cheese

Unit III

The Student

- describes the causative organism,mode of transmission, pathogencity, symptoms

and preventive measures of microbial infection of:

- Digestive system (Cholera, Typhoid and Viral hepatitis)

- Respiratory system (Influenza, Pneumonia, and Tuberculosis)

- Nervous system (Meningitis, Leprosy, Tetanus, Polio, Rabies and Herpes

- Genital system (Gonorrhoea, candidiasis and Syphilis)

- Rheumatic fever and AIDS

Bioinformatics

Unit VI

The Student

- Outlines the history and enlists the scope of Bioinformatics

- Lists the database tools used in Bioinformatics with specific reference to

GenBank, DDBJ, EMBL, SWISS – PROT, PDB, , PIR, TrEMBL

- Describes the archives of nucleic acid sequence databases

- Defines Genome databases and describes the genome databases

- Defines the protein sequence databases and explains various protein sequence

databases

- Explains GenBank, DDBJ, EMBL, SWISS –PROT, PDB, and their uses in the

study of bioinformatics

- Defines Genomics and describes the structure of DNA and RNA

- Explains the Genetic code, its correspondence to amino acids, start and stop

codons

- Defines a genome and differentiates between a prokaryote and eukaryote genome

- Enumerates the features of the prokaryote, eukaryote and human genome

- Describes the methods and tools employed towards the prediction and

identification of genes in (E.coli), (yeast) and human genomes

Unit V

The Student

- Defines Proteomics

- Explains methods used for protein structure prediction and modeling

- Defines and describes Multiple sequence alignment

- Derives the structural inferences from Multiple sequence alignment

- Lists and explain the applications of Multiple sequence alignment

- Describes Protein sequence prediction and explains the methods employed

- Defines phylogenetic tree, its analysis and explains the Clustering and Cladistic

methods

- Outlines the basic steps involved in computer assisted drug designing

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-2 (For candidates admitted from 2015 onwards)

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

III BA/B.Sc/ B.Com/BCA/BRSc/BBA DEGREE COURSE

SEMESTER –V

NON-MAJOR ELECTIVE 1: ORNAMENTAL FISH CULTURE

SOL

Code: U15ZO5NMT01

Hours/Week: 2

Credits: 2

Unit: I

Student

- enlists the importance of ornamental fish culture

- Explains the world aquarium trade and its present status

- explains the construction and maintenance of home aquarium.

- Describes the requirements and design for commercial pond units of ornamental fish

- lists out the aquarium plants and their uses in the home aquarium.

Unit: II

- lists the major ornamental fish resources in India

- explains the characteristics of any two live bearers (Guppy, molly, platy and sword

tail).

- explains the characteristics of any two egg layers (fighter, gourami, angel fish and red

tailed shark).

- describes about the compatible group of ornamental fishes (any five) for home

aquarium.

Unit: III

- mentions the types of artificial fish feed.

- explains the preparation of pelleted food, quantity and time of feeding.

Unit: IV

- learns any two ectoparasites (anchor worm and argulus) of fishes, the symptoms they

produce and treatment.

- explains the causative organism, symptoms and treatment of white spot, fin rot,

mouth fungus, dropsy and velvet diseases.

- learns about breeding of any five ornamental fishes for commercial purpose.

Unit: V

- Lab work

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