Syllabus For Civil Service Examination (Preliminary)

Subject: Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science and Fisheries

Note :

• Part - A is Compulsory For all Candidates.
• In addition to Part - A, Each Candidate Shall Choose Either Part-B or Part-C.

PART - A

1. Importance of livestock in Indian Agriculture, livestock farming and livestock product statistics, Indigenous and exotic cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goat,. pig and poultry breeds and their potential of milk, egg, meat and wool production. Basic nutrient requirements in cattle, pig and poultry. Elements of basic genetics - Mendels’ law’of inheritance, post- Mendelian additions, Application of principles of genetics and breeding for improvement
   of animals.
2. Signs of health in animals; signs of estrus and estrus cycle in cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goat and pig.
3. Milk and its components, methods of identification of adulteration of milk and milk products.
4. Characteristics of aquatic ecosystem. Types of water bodies marine, brackish water and fresh water. Major oceans of the world. Aquatic resources of India-seas, rivers, lakes, reservoirs: and ponds. Nutrients, organic production in water. Food chains, Aquatic pollution, sources and abatement.
5. Bacteria, yeasts and moulds - general characteristics’ and nutrition. Marine bacteria - characteristics,- salinity, temperature and PH requirements. Freshwater bacteria - general characteristics, nutrition and growth. Food preservation - general characteristics, use of high and low temperature. Drying, salting, smoking, irradiation and use of preservatives. General principles underlying spoilage - fitness of food, causes of spoilage, numbers and kind of micro organisms and their growth.

PART - B

1. Dairy farming in India - present and future status. Importance of Animal Husbandry in Indian agriculture. Production potential and breed characters of different exotic and Indian Livestock breeds of cattle, sheep, buffalo, goat, pig, poultry and rabbits. Elements of genetics and breeding as applied to improvement of animals.
2. Nutrition - Classification of feeds, feeding standards, computation of ration and mixing of rations, conservation of feeds and fodder. Housing and management of livestock. Maintenance of livestock records. Principles of hygienic production of livestock products, Artificial insemination, fertility and sterility in livestock. Principles of immunization and vaccination.
3. Description, symptioms, diagnosis and control of important infectious and metaboilic diseases in livestock and poultry.
4. Important parasitic diseases in cattle, sheep, pig and poultry and their control.
5. Study of composition of milk, physical properties and food value. Quality, control of milk, common tests and legal standards. Organisation of dairy, processing of milk and milk distribution. Manufacture of milk products. Simple diary operations. Micro organisms found in milk and dairy products. Diseases transmitted through milk to man. Important meat borne diseases. Antimortem and postmortem examination.

PART - C

Taxonomy and biology of commercially important fishes and crustaceans. Fishery biology - food and feeding habits, age, growth and reproduction. Migration, Major marine fisheries of India - sardines, mackerel, Bombay-duck, elasmobranches, prawns, lobsters and molluses. Fisheries of rivers, estuaries, reservoirs and brackishwater lakes. Important crafts and gears employed. Inland and coastal aquaculture. Criteria for selection of species. Selection of site for farm construction. Pond ecology, Nutrient cycle. Natural fish food organisms. Fertilisation. Formulation of supplementary feeds. Carp seed production; different types of hatcheries, seed transportation. Preparation and management of nursery, rearing and stocking ponds. Composite fish culture. Species of prawns for farming. Hatchery production of prawn seed. Nursery rearing. Preparation, stocking and management of production ponds.

Handling of fresh fish and methods of chilling-chilled sea water and refrigerated sea water preservation; icing. Proximate composition of finfish and shelfish proteins, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals; their content, . nature and estimation. Transportation of fresh fish. Spoilage of sea foods - factors responsible for spoilage, causative bacteria. Chemical changes caused by micro-organisms. Food plant sanitation - bacteriology of water supplies, swage and water treatment and disposal. Microbiology of fish products - ingredients, packaging materials, equipment and food handling, Microbiological Standards for food. Health of employees. Fish proteins - lassification, structure, digestion and absorption. Fish fats and carbohydrates - biological importance, occurrence and classification. Enzymes- classification, characterstics; importance of fish muscles enzymes. Rigor mortis and its importance in processing. Fish products and by products from finfish and shelfish and their uses. Fishing methods - trawling long lining, seining gillnetting and trap fishing. Aids for fishing -fish aggregating devices, electricity, sound, etc., Fish finding equipments. Fishing gear materials - natural and synthetic materials, their properties. Construction of net webbing types of mesh and webbing.

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