ANIMAL HUSBANDARY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE  (CODE NO. 02)
                                                         PAPER - I
1. Animal Nutrition
Metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, Requirements for
maintenance, growth and production of milk, meat ,work, eggs and
wool.
Mineral and trace elements. Metabolism, source and role of minerals
and trace elements, their requirements for growth and production,
deficiency syndromes.
Vitamins, their sources, requirements, role in metabolism and
deficiency syndromes.
Feeding standards and measures of feed energy. Limitations of
different feeding systems. Feeding practices in livestock in normal and
drought conditions.
Feed additives in the ration of livestock and poultry; antibiotics  and
hormonal compounds and other growth stimulators their uses and
abuse.
Preservation of  feed.
Feeding infants and growing. Importance of colostrums.
Feeding and care of expectant and nursing mothers.
2. Genetics and Animal Breeding
Probability applied to Mendelian inheritance. Hardy Weinberg law,
Poly morphism. Inheritance of quantitative traits. Casual components
of variation. Biometrical models and covariance between relatives. The
theory of path coefficient applied to genetic analysis. Heritability,
repeatability Estimation of additive, non additive and environmental
variance. Genetic and environmental correlations. Mating systems,
inbreeding, out breeding. Measurement of inbreeding, Aid to
selections, Breeding for threshold traits. Method of selection ,
Selection index, evolution of genetic gain, correlated response in
selection. Reciprocal. Recurrent selection. Hybridization. Choice of
effective breeding plan. Importance of breeding records in equines and wild animals. stud books in wild animals and  their utility in capitive
breeding programme.
Application of computer for statistical analysis in animal farms and
veterinary hospitals and epidemiology.
3. Semen quality, preservation and artificial insemination
Components of semen, composition of spermatozoa, chemical and
physical properties of ejaculated semen, factors affecting semen in vivo
and in vitro. Factors affecting semen preservation. Composition of
diluents, sperm concentration, transport of diluted semen. Deep
freezing techniques in cows, sheep and goats swine and poultry.
Biochemistry of semen, Care, sterilization and storage of equipments
used for artificial insemination.
Selection, care, training and maintenance of breeding bull for A.I.
4. Livestock production and Management 
Comparison  of diary farming in India with advanced countries.
Dairying under mixed farming and as a specialized farming, economic
dairy farming, starting of a dairy farm. Capital and land requirement
organization of the dairy farm. Procurement of goods, opportunities in
dairy farming, factors determining the efficiency of dairy animal. Herd
recording. budgeting, cost of milk production, pricing policy; Personnel
management.
Wild and zoo animal management
Management of pack animal
Management of laboratory animals & fish production.
5. Milk Technology 
Organization of rural milk procurement, collection and transport of
raw milk. Quality testing and grading raw milk. Grades of whole milk,
skimmed milk and cream.
Defects in processing, packing, storing, distribution and marketing of
milk and milk products and their remedial measures.
Nutritive properties of pasteurized, standardized, toned, double toned,
sterilized, homogenized, reconstituted, recombined and flavoured milk. Preparation of cultured milks. Cultures and  their management.
Vitamin D, acidified and other special milks, Legal standards and
sanitation requirements for clean and safe milk and for the milk plant
equipments.
Methods of preparation of butter, ghee, khoa, lassi, curd, ice cream
and cheese.
6. Hygiene
Veterinary Hygiene with respect to water, air and habitation.
Duties and role of Veterinarians in a slaughter house to provide meat
that is produced under ideal hygienic conditions.
 By-products from slaughter houses and their economic utilization.
Methods of collection, preservation and processing of hormonal glands
for medicinal use.
Sanitation of animal houses. Source of air pollution in animal houses
and its effect on animal health and production.
7. Extension  
Extension Education:  evolution of extension education in India:
classification of extension, teaching methods, audiovisual aids, their
classification. Role of animals in the economy, health, sociopsychology of rural, semi urban and urban society (role of farm stock,
companion animals, sports animals etc.)
Different methods adopted to educate farmers under rural conditions.
Utilization of fallen animals for profit extension education, etc.
Design trysen : Different possibilities and method to provide self
employment to educated youth under rural condition.
Cross breeding as a method of upgrading the local cattle.


ANIMAL HUSBANDARY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE (Code No. 02)
                                                           PAPER-II
1. Anatomy
Anatomy of ox and fowl. Histological technique freezing, paraffin
embedding etc. Common histological stain. Preparation and straining
of blood films. Mammalian Histology.
Structure and function of cell and cytoplasmic constituents:
Structure of nucleus, plasma membrane, mitochondria, golgi bodies,
endoplasmic reticulum and ribasomes. Cell division: Mitosis and
Miosis.
Systemic embryology- stage wise study of embryo/ fetus of chicks,
cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat and cat.
2. Physiology
Prenatal and post natal growth. Hormonal control of development of
udder and  milk . Environmental factors affecting reproduction in
males and females. methods of ameliorating environmental stress.
Physiological relations and their regulations: mechanism of
adaptation, environmental factors and regulatory mechanisms
involved in animal behavior.  Methods of controlling climatic stress.
Physiology of circulation, respiration excretions, digestions and
reproduction.
Shock, its mechanism, classification of shock. Fluid and electrolyte
balance.  Hypoxia role of respiration in acid base mechanism.
Respiration in poultry.
3. Pharmacology 
Pharmacology of drugs acting on gastrointestinal, cardio-vascular,
urinary, respiratory, nervous, genital systems and endocrines.
Therapeutic agents against bacteria, protozoa fungi, parasites and
insects, including their mechanism of action. Common toxic
compounds and plants their effects and treatment.
Use of anticancer agent in animals, pharmacological and therapeutic
efficacy of indigenous drugs4. Diseases
Common livestock and poultry diseases caused by bacteria, fungi
protozoa, viruses and parasites pertaining to their causal agents,
epidemiology, symptoms diagnostic methods, treatment and
prevention.  Important zoonotic diseases . Toxicity caused by
agrochemicals and environmental toxicity.  Methods of collection and
dispatch of material for laboratory diagnosis.
Principles of immunity and immunization:
Principles of epidemiology, public health aspects of food products of
animal origin (meat. egg. milk and fish) their inspection and
marketing.
5. Surgery 
Anaesthesia in animals.
Common surgical affections of different systems of the body. Diseases
of locomotion system with special reference to soundness, health
identification, principles of radiology.
Electrotherapy in veterinary practice.
Familiarisation with fluoroscopic examination and ultrasonography
6. Jurisprudence 
Jurisprudence in veterinary practice. Common offences towards
animals. Common adulteration practices regarding milk and milk
products and meat and their detection.
        Laws relating to offences affecting public health.
        Laws relating to adulteration of drugs
        Evidence procedure in court
        Legal duties of veterinarian
        Code of conduct and ethics for veterinarian.