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UPSC IFOS Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Paper I Syllabus

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4
Topics
32
Sub-topics
8
Questions

Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Paper I is one of 32 sections in the UPSC IFOS syllabus. It has 4 topics and 32 sub-topics, tested in Main Examination, with about 8 questions (200 marks). Optional subject, Paper I (200 marks, 3 hours, conventional essay type, answered in English). The paper has 8 questions in Parts A and B; candidates attempt 5, including one compulsory question from each part. Candidates choose any two of the 14 optional subjects..

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UPSC IFOS Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Paper I: topic-wise syllabus

  1. 1

    Animal Nutrition

    • Energy sources, metabolism and requirements for milk, meat, eggs and wool
    • Protein nutrition and energy-protein ratios
    • Minerals and trace elements in animal diet
    • Vitamins, hormones and growth-stimulating substances
    • Ruminant nutrition: dairy cattle
    • Non-ruminant nutrition: poultry
    • Non-ruminant nutrition: swine
    • Applied animal nutrition: feeding experiments, feeding standards and balanced rations
  2. 2

    Animal Physiology

    • Growth and animal production
    • Mammary development, milk secretion and milk ejection
    • Reproductive and digestive organs
    • Environmental physiology and climatic stress
    • Semen quality, preservation and artificial insemination
    • Deep freezing of semen
    • Detection of estrus and time of insemination
  3. 3

    Livestock Production and Management

    • Commercial dairy farming in India and advanced countries
    • Starting and organising a dairy farm
    • Herd recording, budgeting and cost of milk production
    • Practical and economic rations for dairy cattle
    • Commercial meat, egg and wool production
    • Feeding of sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits and poultry
    • Feeding and management during drought, flood and natural calamities
  4. 4

    Genetics and Animal Breeding

    • Mitosis, meiosis and Mendelian inheritance
    • Linkage, crossing over and sex determination
    • Chromosome aberrations, DNA and the genetic code
    • Recombinant DNA technology and mutations
    • Population genetics and Hardy-Weinberg law
    • Inbreeding and effective population size
    • Breeding value and genotype-environment interaction
    • Heritability, repeatability and genetic correlations
    • Selection methods, progeny testing and selection indices
    • Cross-breeding, upgrading and synthesis of breeds

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What topics are in the UPSC IFOS Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Paper I syllabus?

Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Paper I for UPSC IFOS has 4 topics: Animal Nutrition, Animal Physiology, Livestock Production and Management and Genetics and Animal Breeding, with 32 sub-topics in all.

How many questions come from Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Paper I in UPSC IFOS?

About 8 questions (200 marks) in Main Examination. Always check the latest notification, as numbers can change.

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