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Skill Enhancement Course (SEC)

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APICULTURE

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AQUARIUM FISH KEEPING

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SERICULTURE

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MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS

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VERMICULTURE & VERMICOMPOSTING

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APICULTURE

Unit 1: Biology of Bees

►Apis and Non-Apis Bee species and their identification.

►General Morphology of Apis Honey Bees
►Social Organization of Bee Colony​

Unit 2: Rearing of Bees

►Artificial Bee rearing (Apiary)

►Beehives – Newton and Langstroth box

►Bee Pasturage

►Selection of Bee Species for Apiculture
►Modern Bee Keeping Equipment
►Methods of Extraction of Honey (Indigenous and Modern)

Unit 3: Diseases and Enemies

►Bee Diseases and Enemies

►Control and Preventive measures

Unit 4: Bee Economy

►Products of Apiculture Industry and its Uses – Honey, Bees Wax, Propolis, Pollen etc.

Unit 5: Entrepreneurship in Apiculture

►Bee Keeping Industry – Recent Efforts

►Modern Methods in employing artificial Beehives for cross pollination in horticultural gardens.

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SERICULTURE

Unit 1: Introduction 

►Sericulture: 
►Definition
►History and present status
►Silk route
►Types of silkworms
►Distribution and Races
►Exotic and indigenous races
►Mulberry and non-mulberry Sericulture

Unit 2: Biology of Silkworm

►Life cycle of Bombyx-mori
►Structure of silk gland and secretion of silk

Unit 3: Rearing of Silkworms

►Selection of mulberry variety and establishment of mulberry garden
►Rearing house and rearing appliances.
►Disinfectants: Formalin, bleaching powder, RKO
►Silkworm rearing technology: Early age and Late age rearing
►Types of mountages
►Spinning
►Harvesting and storage of cocoons

Unit 4: Pests and Diseases Pests of silkworm

►Uzi fly, dermestid beetles and vertebrates
►Pathogenesis of silkworm diseases: 

Unit 5: Entrepreneurship in Sericulture 

►Prospectus of Sericulture in India: 
►Sericulture industry in different states
►Employment
►Potential in mulberry and non-mulberry sericulture
►Visit to various sericulture centres.

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AQUARIUM FISHERIES

Unit 1 : Introduction to Aquarium Fish Keeping 

►The potential scope of Aquarium Fish Industry as a Cottage Industry, Exotic and Endemic species of Aquarium Fishes.

Unit 2 : Biology of Aquarium Fishes 

►Common characters and sexual dimorphism of Fresh water and Marine Aquarium fishes such as Guppy, Molly, Sword tail,      Gold fish, Angel fish, Blue morph, Anemone fish and Butterfly fish

Unit 3: Food and feeding of Aquarium fishes 

► Use of live fish feed organisms. Preparation and composition of formulated fish feeds

►  Aquarium fish as larval predator

Unit 4 : Fish Transportation 

► Live fish transport - Fish handling, packing and forwarding techniques.

Unit 5 : Maintenance of Aquarium 

► General Aquarium maintenance – budget for setting up an Aquarium Fish Farm as a Cottage Industry .

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MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS

Unit 1: Diagnostics Methods Used for Analysis of Blood 

►Blood composition, Differential Leucocyte Count (DLC) using Leishman's stain, Platelet count using haemocytometer, Erythrocyte Sedimentary Rate (ESR), Packed Cell Volume (PCV)

Unit 2: Diagnostic Methods used for Urine Analysis 

►Urine Analysis: Physical characteristics; Abnormal constituents, Urine culture

Unit 3: Non-infectious Diseases 

►Causes, types, symptoms, complications, diagnosis and prevention of Diabetes (Type I and Type II), Hypertension (Primary and secondary), Testing of blood glucose using Glucometer/Kit

Unit 4: Infectious Diseases 

►Causes, types, symptoms, diagnosis and prevention of Tuberculosis and Hepatitis, Malarial parasite (Microscope based and ELISA based)

Unit 5: Clinical Biochemistry 

►Lipid profiling, Liver function test. PSA test

Unit 6: Clinical Microbiology 

►Antibiotic Sensitivity Test

Unit 7: Tumours 

►Types (Benign/Malignant), Detection and metastasis; Medical imaging: X-Ray of Bone fracture

► PET, MRI and CT Scan (using photographs).

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