Veterinary Officer Syllabus B-17 BPSC

Syllabus for the Post of Veterinary Officer (B-1'7)in the Livestock and Dairy Development Department

Advt. No.: 07/2021

Qualification: |Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Husbandry/Veterinary Science,

DVM in Animal Husbandry/Veterinary Science

.     Characteristics of Livestock Breeds and Its Importance:

Important Livestock Breeds of Balochistan, Methods of Breeding (Importance and their Characteristics), Importance and Role in Agriculture Economy.

.     Livestock Management:

Management Protocol of Small and Large Ruminant, Stall Feeding, Fattening of Animal for Value Addition, Calf and Kid Management.

.     Animal Feeding and Nutrition:

Important Feed Ingredients for Livestock and Poultry, Anti-Nutritional Factors of Feed Ingredients, Feed formulation of Ruminant and Poultry, Nutrient Digestion and Metabolism in Compound Stomach and Simple Stomach Animal.

.     Medicine:

Concept of Health and Disease, General Medicine of Livestock and Poultry, Contagious &Zoonotic Diseases, Parasitic Diseases; Protozoan Diseases

- Pathology and Microbiology:

General Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology. Principles of Antimicrobial Agents. Systemic Pathology (Gastrointestinal, Urinary, Reproductive)

.     Immunity and Immunization:

Concept ofVaccination and Immunity, DifferentVaccines and Vaccination of Livestock.

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Edition, Comstock Publishing, USA.

2 Textbook: I. Nelson, D. Land MM. Cox. 2013. Principles of Biochemistry, 3rd Edition, Worth Publishers. USA.

Tortora, G.J., B.R. Funke and C.L. Case, 2012. Microbiology: An Introduction. 11thEdition. Benjamin Cummings Publisher.

Banerjee, G.C., 2009. A Textbook ofAnimal Husbandry. 8th Edition. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. New Delhi, India.

Pond, W.G., D.C. Church and K.R. Pond, 2006. Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding. 5thEd. John Willey and Sons, New York, USA.

Zachary, J.F., and D. McGavin, 2013.Pathological Basis of Veterinary Disease, 5th Ed., Elsevier, USA. Schmidt, G.D. and L.S. Roberts, 2013. Foundations of.Parasitology. 9” Edition, W.C.B. Company, U.K. Radostits, O.M., C.C. Gay, K.W. Hincheliff and P. D. Constable, 2007. Veterinary Medicine, 10th Ed. Saunders Elsevier, PA, USA.