Syllabus for Animal Husbandary Assistant
Dear Students, we are sharing Grama Sachivalayam Syllabus for Animal Husbandary Assistant Posts with exam pattern in details.
Dear Students, we are sharing Grama Sachivalayam Syllabus for Animal Husbandary Assistant Posts with exam pattern in details.
Written Examination
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No. of Questions/No. of
Marks/Time Duration
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Part-A: General Studies
and Mental ability
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50/50/50
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Part-B: Subject Related to
Animal Husbandry
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100/100/100
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Total Questions-
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150
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“For each correct answer 1 mark will be awarded and each wrong answer
will carry 0.25 negative mark.”
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General Studies and
Mental ability-
1. General Mental ability and reasoning.
2. Quantitative aptitude including data interpretation.
3. General English.
4. Current affairs of regional, national and International
importance.
5. General Science and its applications to the day to day
life, Contemporary development in science and Technology and information Technology.
6. History & Culture of India with specific focus on AP.
7. Indian polity and governance: constitutional issues,
73/74th Amendments, public policy, reforms ad centre – state
relations with specific reference to Andhra Pradesh.
8. Society, Social justice, rights issues.
9. Physical geography of Indian sub-continent and Andhra
Pradesh.
10.Key welfare & development schemes of Government of
Andhra Pradesh.
Subject Paper
Syllabus-
1. Basics in Veterinary anatomy and Physiology:
Major bones and joints of Animals, Important organs & functions of
Digestive, Respiratory, Circulatory, Urinary, Genital, Nervous and endocrine
system.
2. Infectious Diseases of Livestock Poultry:
Characteristics of different infectious agents, Bacteria, Virus,
parasite (external & Internal), Transmission of diseases of Livestock
poultry
Bacterial Diseases: A'1thrax, HS, BQ, Mastitis, TB, JD, Brucellosis, Pullorum
Disease, fowl Cholera.
Viral: PPR,FMD, POX, Rabies, RD, IB, ILT, Gambaro.
Parasitic: Ascariasis, Strongylosis,
Amphistomiasis, mange, ticks, lice.
Fungal: Ring Worm, Vaccines for infectious diseases
General hygiene prevention & control measures of infectious
diseases of livestock & poultry
3. Veterinary Pharmacy:
Drugs, forms, weighing, measuring (units) routes of administration of
drugs, oral parenteral ( SC, 1M, IV) Forms of drugs - Powders, mixtures,
lotion, Ointment, paste, tablet, electuary, enema, tinctures, bolus, emulsion,
Standards of drug manufacturing I.P, B.P., B.Vet.C.,
4. Fundamentals of Animal reproduction and Gynecology:
Genital organs of different livestock spades, sexual maturity, estrus
cycle, gestation, pregnancy diagnosis, parturition, infertility and sterility
and their treatment, common reproductive disorders - Dystocia & Retention
of placenta
5. Basics in artificial insemination:
Advantages of AI, Preparation of AV, Semen collection, Management of
Frozen 'semen, Handling f liquid nitrogen container, detection of heat in
different livestock,. Insemination techniques, precautions for successful AI,
follow up of AI
6. Basics in Surgery:
General surgical conditions - abscesses, wounds, fractures. Antiseptics
& disinfectants. Pre-operative &Post operative surgical care. Surgical
pack preparation. Sterilization techniques. Castration & different
bandaging techniques.
7. Fundamentals of Veterinary Medicine:
Definition of Health, disease, symptoms. Physical & clinical
examination of animals. Collection of History. General Diagnosis, treatment and
control of diseases of gastrointestinal tract, liver, respiratory system, skin,
Uro-genital tract, nervous system, metabolic and deficiency diseases
8. Introduction of Veterinary Biological sand Vaccines:
Veterinary Biological and their importance in Veterinary practice
Handling& storage of various Biological. Vaccination schedule for livestock
and poultry.
9. Veterinary First Aid and clinical Management:
Restraining of various Livestock species. Registration of cases.
History taking, Recording of Body temperature, pulse and respiration. Methods
of medication, (Oral and Parental) First aid measures in emergency cases.
Collection & dispatch of clinical samples.
10. Analytical Laboratory Techniques: Common equipment for laboratory
analysis, guidelines for handling chemicals & equipment, disposal of
laboratory wastes. Sampling and sample preparation for chemical analysis.
11. Laboratory Diagnostic Techniques - Sterilization techniques of
laboratory chemicals and glass ware. Media preparation, sero diagnosis -
antigen, antibody.
12. Laboratory Diagnostic Techniques-II: Collection, preservation &
dispatch of various materials for parasitological examination - Skin scrapings,
etc.
13. Dairy Management :importance of Milk - Advantages of Dairy farming
important breeds of cattle & Buffaloes. Important exotic dairy cattle. Importance
of cross breeding. Advantages of cross bred cows and upgrading of buffaloes.
Ideal dairy animals. Dairy Farm practices. Feeding and Management of different classes
of dairy animals. Milking methods. Clean Milk production. Importance of Colostrum.
Housing of dairy animals. Identification of Dairy animals. Package of practices
in calf rearing. Heifer rearing. Management of high yielding cows and buffaloes.
Composition and Chemical properties of milk. Farm records and their maintenance.
Bio gas production. Economics of Dairy Farming. Role of Milk cooperatives. Milk
Chilling, Pasteurization in milk - Important products. Marketing of dairy
cattle, milk & milk products, important dairy products.
14. Principles of management of Meat animals Importance of meat
producing animals - sheep, goat, swine and rabbits. Popular breeds of sheep,
goat & swine and their characters. Breeding. Mating practices, feeding and
general management &guidelines. Care and management of pregnant &
lactating
animals. Rearing of lambs, kids and piglets. Housing of sheep, goat, &Swine.
Debugging, docking, castration, vaccination, deworming, deticking in meat
animals - Marketing of Live meat animals - Livestock insurance.
15. Livestock Farm Management:
Livestock farming vs mixed farming, record keeping, farm inventory
marketing of Livestock & Livestock products, distribution channels, organization
of cooperative societies.
16. Principles of Livestock feeding: Importance of feeding -
classification of feeds and fodders - importance of cultivated fodder &
legumes, roughages & concentrates - chaffing of fodder- preparation of
concentrate mixture - Formulation of rations- fodder conservation (Hay &
Silage making) – common crop residues in animal feeding. Important fodder
trees. Animal feeding & drought and natural calamities - storage feeds -
Thumb rules for Livestock feeding - Urea treated paddy straw.
17. Basics of Pet & Zoo animals management :
Common pet animals and their utility, common breeds of dogs, handling
& restraining of pet animals Feeding & Management of dogs, important
zoo animals - care, management & health cover of zoo animals Vaccination schedule,
deworming - administration of medicines in different routes in dogs
and cats
18. Avian Hatchery Management: Layout of Hatchery- incubators- setters –
Hatchery incubation - management. Hatching eggs - Collection , selection and
storage - fumigation - requirement of incubation - temperature, humidity ,
ventilation, turning candling of eggs - sexing , vaccination, grading of
chicks, dubbing and toy clipping.
19. Poultry Management: Advantages of Poultry farming - present status
of poultry industry - different breeds - system of poultry rearing - advantages
and disadvantages - poultry farm equipment - breeding management - feeding and management
of different classes of poultry - feed supplements - additives - mixing of
poultry feeds - measure of sanitation - disinfection and disease control -
Reconstitution of vaccine and their preservation - routes of vaccination -
designing of vaccination program - litter management - handling of eggs.
Farm records - record keeping. Feeding management of other avian
species. Economics of poultry farming ( Layers& Broilers) -Marketing of
poultry eggs and chicken meat
20. Basics in Meat production &Handling
:Importance of meat yielding animals - Selection of ideal meat animals -
optimum for slaughter - common instruments used to handle meat animals -
dressing percentage- transportation of meat animals - care during transport -
pre-slaughter handling - methods of slaughter - major cuts and their yields -
components of abattoir - optimum facilities principles of meat preservation -
ageing of differing species of Livestock.
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