COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (MAIN)
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
Paper-II
Time 3 hours Full Marks 200
Note: The figures in the right-hand margin indicate full marks for the questions.

Attempt five questions in all.


Question .No. 1 is compulsory.


1. Answer any ten of the following 4xlO=40

What do you mean by genetic aberration?


What are the differences between stain and dye?


How do endocrine glands differ from paracrine glands?


Why is drug biotransformation necessary?


How can the chhana be judged and scored?


How to prepare a good quality cream?


Defme glandular by-products and their uses.


Classify dyes used for staining of tissue sections.
What are the by-products obtained from poultry industry?



There is no single best exten&ion teaching method. Justify.


Define integrated rural development programme.


What is progeny testing?


2. Answer any eight of the following 5x8=40
What is inbreeding depression?
What is hypersensitivity.

What are the common sources of water pollution?


How can the quality of ghee be improved?


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What are the important. characteristics of wool quality to be considered for preparation. of fme garments?


Write down the objectives and weaknesses of TR!SEM.


Define instantiation. What is the purpose of it?


Define pharptacokinetics. How does it differ from pharmacodynamics?


What is the vaccination schedule of layer poultry bird in India?


3. Answer any five of the following 8x5=40

Differentiate between innate immunity and acquired immunity. What are different methods of vaccination?


What is selection? What are the three stages at which gene frequency is altered?


Give a brief account on embryonic development of cow.


What is diabetes mellitus? How does it develop in body?


How to maintain the quality of packaged milk and milk products?


Describe various welfare programmes for the disabled and unproductive animals in India.


4. Answer any four of the following lOx4=40

Describe, in detail, different methods of heritability.


What is the importance of antemortem examination of meat animals? What are the important issues the veterinarians should consider during antemortem examination of meat animals?


Classify various methods of extension education with their key objectives.


How does the animal health become affected by air pollution?


Describe the epidemiology, clinical symptoms and preventive measures of bird flu.


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5. Answer any two of the following: 20x2=40

What is the causative agent of haemorrhagic septicaemia? Describe the epidemiology, clinical symptoms and diagnosis of haemorrhagic septicaemia in cattle.


What is chhana? What are the chemical composition as well as food and nutritive values? Elaborate different methods in practice in India for preparation of ghee.


Define and classify zoonosis. What are the important zoonotic diseases that can be transmitted from animals to man through meat and meat products?


6. Answer any four of the following: lOx4=40

What are the common methods of packaging of whole milk and milk products?


Discuss, in brief, the biochemical basis of hereditary process.


Describe the major factors that affect the quality of meat and meat products.


Cross-breeding is sometimes criticized for large-scale destruction of indigenous breeds of cattle. Justify.


Describe the economic importance of hides and skins obtained from slaughtered animals.


7. Answer any five of the following 8x5=40

What is the role of different constituents of milk in the preparation of dried milk?


What do you understand by 'humane slaughter'? What are different techniques applied for humane slaughter of meat animals?


Define heritability and state how heritability differs from repeatability.


What is frozen tissue section? How to prepare it?


How to purify water when mixed with impurities?


What are the specific guidelines for collection of glands from the slaughtered animals for human use?
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8. Answer any four of the following: ,10x4=40 "t.

What are various ways and means of utilizing fallen animals for profit-making purpose?


Draw a diagram of the structure of ovary of cattle. What are the hormones secreted from ovary and what are their functions?


. What are the grading systems used to apply for grading of animal hides and skins?


Give an account of the major cross-breeding programmes of cattle development in India.


What is the legal importance of examination of animal carcass by the veterinarians?


9. Answer any eight of the following: 5x8=40

How does blood clot?


What are the hormones that regulate pregnancy in bovines?


How does wool differ from hair?


What do you know about Gousadan and Gaushala? Write down the differences between them.


Write down the salient features of various self-employment programmes for rural youth.




What is the composition of blood?


What is lethal gene and how will you eliminate it?


How do the respiratory mechanisms differ between mammals and birds?


How does blood circulate in the body?


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10. Answer any five of the following: 8x5=40
fa) Why should the carcass of animals, died due to anthrax, not undergo postmortem examination? How to dispose the carcass of animals died due to anthrax?
What are the possible defects may appear in cream and how to prevent them?
What is the importance of utilization of animal by-products? Classify animal by-products and also mention their usefulness;
Write, in detail, about anyone extension method of your choice with defmition, objectives, preparation, planning, follow up, and merits and demerits. What is excretory organ of vertebrate? How does it work? I . 1 11
Explain the influence of selection on genetic properties of population.


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