PPSC Veterinary Officer Syllabus 2022 (PDF) Part A, B Subject wise Exam Pattern

PPSC Veterinary Officer Syllabus 2022 PPSC Veterinary Officer Exam Pattern 2022 Punjab PSC veterinary Officer Syllabus Pdf Download PPSC Veterinary Officer Exam Date: The Officials of Punjab Public Service Commission recently issued the notification of  Veterinary Officer Recruitment. Now applied and interested candidates are mostly searching for the PPSC Veterinary Officer Syllabus 2022. For those candidates here on this page we provided the Punjab PSC VO Syllabus on this article. So, the applicants can download the Punjab PSC Veterinary Officer Syllabus without any doubt. And Exam Pattern also given on this article. To get further essential information, the candidates have to read this page completely

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The Officials of Punjab PSC Commission wants to recruit the 117 Vacancies of Veterinary Officer post. The application link available from 9th March 2022 to 1st April 2022. A huge applications were accepted by the officials. And the Officials were declare the PPSC Veterinary Officer Exam Date is 26th May 2022. So, the candidates have more time to attend the exam. To crack the PPSC VO exam, the candidates should prepare for the exam. The Punjab State Government provided the Syllabus for the sake of the candidates. The Written exam is main selection round in the Recruitment. From written Exam, the officials will pick the candidates those who got more than cutoff Marks. If the applicants prepared well, there is a possibility to get More than the qualifying marks in the written exam.

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PPSC Veterinary Officer Exam Details 2022

PPSC Veterinary Officer Job Selection Process

The procedure for selection of candidates for the post of veterinary officers in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development, Government of Punjab will consist of written examination and interview as per the following details:

Punjab PSC Veterinary Officer Exam Pattern 2022

Note: Each Question carrying 4 Marks

The important points to note:

1. Each question carries 4 (four) marks and, for each correct answer candidate will get 4 (four) marks.
2. There will be Negative Marking (One Mark for each question) in the written examination for questions wrongly answered i.e. for each incorrect answer, 1 (One) mark will be deducted from the total score.
3. To answer a question, the candidate has to find, for each question, the correct answer/ best option.
4. Answer key will be uploaded on the PPSC website (after written examination), and the candidates will be permitted to raise objections (if any). Candidates will be given four days to deliberate before putting up the objections.
5. Unanswered/Unattempted questions will be given no marks. In case, a question is withdrawn, all candidates will be given four (04) marks irrespective of the fact whether the question has been attempted or not attempted by the candidate.

PPSC Veterinary Officer Syllabus 2022

PART-A Syllabus

ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS

Aids to selection. Methods of selection. Sire index. Classification of mating systems. Breeding methods. Inbreeding and outbreeding – types, merits, demerits, genetics consequences and their application in animal improvement. Importance of breeding records in farm animals and their standardization. Analysis of breeding records of different livestock and poultry farms and their maintenance. Current livestock and poultry breeding policies and programs in the state, methods of conservation- livestock and poultry conservation in state and country, classification of dog and cat breeds. Herd registration. Use of computer in handling and presenting veterinary and livestock data.

ANIMAL NUTRITION

Importance of grasslands and fodders in livestock production. Various types of fodder crops utilized in the state. Preparation and conservation of green-fodders. Rations for scarcity periods. Anti-nutritional components of feeds and fodders. Feed additives, feed processing.Requirements and recommended allowances of protein, energy and minerals for maintenance, production and reproduction and feeding schedule for cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig, poultry and dog. Formulation of rations. Balanced and total mixed rations. Therapeutic nutrition.

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

Role of dairying in India. Dairy development schemes in the country. Common animal husbandry terms. Body conformation and methods of identification. Breeds and economic traits of cattle, buffalo, horse, pig, and camel. Colour and markings (as per RWTCI) of horses. Common vices in horse, poultry, and dogs; their prevention and care. Dentition and ageing of animals. Feeding, care and management of new born, young stock, dry, pregnant and milking cattle, buffalo, horse and pig. Calving, foaling, farrowing and whelping. Castration and dehorning of cattle and buffaloes. Routine dairy farm operations. Dairy farm accounts and records. Rules and regulations regarding transport of livestock by rail, road, air and on foot. Management of animals during transport by different means. Preparation of animals and birds for show. General principles affecting the design and construction of building for housing livestock. Various types of animal houses. Different systems of ventilations, drainages, sewerage disposal techniques, waste diversion for liquid manure, compost, cow dung, gas unit, etc. Importance of sheep and goat production in national and state economy. Different indigenous and exotic breeds of sheep and goats. Feeding, management and breeding of sheep and goat. Ram and buck management. Care of sheep and goat in pregnancy and parturition. Rearing of lambs and kids. Weaning, fattening. Sheep and goat housing. Wool grading. Different breeds and varieties of chicken. Formation, structure and nutritive value of egg. Culling of poultry and effect of culling on egg production. Incubation and hatching of eggs, selection of hatching eggs, handling and care of hatching eggs. Natural and artificial brooding. Different systems of housing of poultry. Floor space requirements, constructional details of poultry houses. Care and Management of chicks, pullets, layers and broilers. Feeds and feeding of broilers and layers. Poultry farm records. Commercial hatcheries and its role in poultry development. Disinfection of farm equipment and poultry houses. Care and breeding, egg and spawn management. Handling and management of laboratory animals-rabbit, rat and mice.

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY

 Composition of milk. Factors affecting yield and quality of milk. Physical and chemical properties of milk. Principles involved in pasteurization, homogenization and dehydration.Preparation of various concentrated and dehydrated milk products. Preparation of butter, ghee, khoa, lassi, curd, ice-cream and cheese. Legal and ISI standard of milk and milk products. Detection of adulterants and preservatives in milk and milk products through various tests. Estimation of efficiency of pasteurization through different tests. Bacteriological examination of milk and products for their wholesomeness. Ante-mortem and post-mortem examination of buffalo, sheep, goat, pig and poultry. Utilization of slaughter house by-products, organic wastes available through animal industries, fallen and slaughtered effluent and glandular by-products. Structure, composition, nutritive value, post-mortem changes and eating quality of meat tissues. Fraudulent substitution of meat and its recognition. Principle of various preservation techniques like chilling, freezing curing, smoking, thermal processing, canning and irradiation. Meat cutting, packaging. Microbial and other deteriorative changes in meat and their identification. Standards and quality control measures adopted for meat and meat products in India. Meat food products order. Microbial spoilage of eggs, preservation and maintenance of eggs.

VETERINARY ANATOMY

 Topographic anatomy and gross anatomical structures involved in the clinical examination and surgical interferences of importance in large and small animals. Radiographic anatomy of various regions of domestic animals. Microscopic study of important organs/systems of domestic animals.

VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Physiology of digestion, circulation, respiration and excretion in ruminants and simple stomach animals. Endocrine glands and their hormones –classification. general mode of action and regulation of hormones. Structural and functional organization of mammary glands, hormonal control of mammary growth, lactogenesis and galactopoiesis. Reaction of animals to different environmental variations and temperature. Central control of heat regulation. Temperature regulation in birds. Metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins in ruminants and nonruminants. Biochemistry of renal function, acid base balance, stress, shock and digestive disorders. Role of blood sugar, ketone bodies, blood urea nitrogen, proteins, macrominerals and electrolytes as an aid to diagnosis. Role of enzymes for detection of tissue affections/organ affections (scope and limitations).

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Development of immune system, humoral and cellular immune responses. Antigens: Definition, specificity, azoprotein, heterophil and blood group antigens. Antibodies: Chemical and physical properties, electrophoresis, structure and function of immunoglobulins. Serological reactions: Introduction to principles and diagnostic applications of agglutination, precipitation, isohaemagglutination, phagocytosis, complement fixation, neutralization, toxin and antitoxin reaction, immunofluorescence. Hypersensitivity-allergy, classification, anaphylaxis and delayed type hypersensitivity, auto-immunity. Disease diagnosis –Polymerase chain reaction (P.C.R.). hybridoma technique, monoclonal antibody and DNA probes. Staining, special staining, cultural characters, aerobic and anaerobic cultivation, biochemical characters, pathogenicity test and antibiogram of bacteria and fungi. Sterilization, disinfection and asepsis.

VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

 Anticonvulsants, opioid agonists and antagonists, antipyretics, steroids and non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Commonly used emollients, demulcents, stomachics, prokinetics, antiemetics, antiulcer, carminatives, antizymotics, purgatives, antidiarrhoeals, antihypertensives, diuretics, urinary acidifiers, urinary alkalizers, ecbolics, cardiac glycosides, vasodilators, coagulants, anticoagulants, antihistaminics, expectorants, mucolytics, antitussives drugs. General approaches to diagnosis and treatment of poisoning. Clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of toxicities caused by commonly used organophosphates, carbamates, chlorinated hydrocarbons, pyrethroids, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, arsenic, lead, fluoride, nitrates, nitrites, urea, snake venom. Introduction and basic principles of antimicrobial therapy. Classification of antimicrobial drugs, development of resistance and interaction of antibacterials. Sulphonamides, quinolones, beta- lactam antibiotics, aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, amphenicols, macrolides, nitrofurans and other antibacterials. Antifungal, antiviral and antitubercular drugs. Chemotherapy of helminthic and protozoan infections. Antiseptics and disinfectants. Ectoparasiticides and antineoplastic drugs.

VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

 Classification (names only) of common parasites ( Helminths, arthropods, Protozoa and parasitic diseases of domestic animals in Punjab. Common diagnostic techniques for different parasitic diseases. General Control measures against parasites. Chemoprophylaxis against parasites. Acaricide resistance.

VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Etiology, epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis, clinical findings, clinical pathology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of the following diseases of poultry:Respiratory disease complex, New castle disease, Infectious bronchitis, Infectious laryngotracheitis, Influenza, Duck virus hepatitis, Egg drop syndrome, Fowl pox, Coryza. Avian encephaloemyelitis. Infectious bursal disease, Neoplastic diseases – Mareks disease and Avian leucosis, etc. Salmonellosis- Pullorum disease, Typhoid and Paratyphoid, Pasteurellosis-Fowl cholera, Avian Mycoplasmosis, Chlamydiosis. Coli bacillosis, Spirochaetosis, Fungal infections –Aflatoxicosis, Aspergillosis and Favus. Parasitic infestation caused by Nematodes, Cestodes and Protozoa (blood and gastrointestinal). Nutritional deficiency diseases. Post mortem examination of large animals, small animals and poultry.

VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH

Sources of bacterial contamination of raw milk and method of control. Clean milk production; sources of contamination during collection, transport and processing of milk and methods of control. Milk borne diseases and methods of control. Toxic residues in milk and their health hazards. General principles and elements of meat inspection. Methods of slaughter. Conditions detected at meat inspection and their judgement; characteristics of meats of different food animals; composition, rigor mortis. Differentiation of meat of different food animals. Inspection of poultry, eggs, fish and game animals. Meat borne diseases and methods of control. Examination of lymph nodes and their importance in meat inspection. Role of livestock, pets, various wild and cold blooded animals in transmission of zoonotic diseases. Study of the important zoonotic diseases of the region. Methods of prevention, control and eradication of zoonotic diseases, Method of prevention and control of air and water borne diseases of animals. Stray animal control, fallen animals and environment: radiation, drugs, etc. as source of pollution. Pattern of disease distribution in community. periodicity of diseases, occurrence and dynamics of disease transmission, office international des epizootics (OIE), its functions, classification of diseases that are transmissible.

VETERINARY AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY EXTENSION

Steps of extension teaching. Classification of extension teaching methods, their selection and use. Client dealing: Communication with rural and urban public for data collection, history taking, follow up, appraisal on prognosis, announcing death of animal to the owner, etc. Various kinds of farming e.g., large and small scale farming, mixed farming, co-operative and collective farming. Economic principles underlying co-operative societies, cooperative milk activities in India. Animal Husbandry planning and programmes, Animal Husbandry administration, Key village scheme, ICDP, Gosadan/Gosala, Panchayati Raj, Integrated Rural Development Programme in Animal Husbandry. Calculation of economics of livestock and poultry farming to know the profitability of the enterprise.

Punjab PSC Veterinary Officer Part-B Syllabus – General Knowledge, Logical Reasoning & Mental Ability

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

General Knowledge and Current affairs of National and International importance including:

• Economic issues.
• Polity issues.
• Environment issues
• Science and Technology.
• Any other current issues.

(a) History of India with special reference to Indian freedom struggle movement

• History of Punjab- 14th century onwards.
• Logical Reasoning & Mental Ability
• Logical reasoning , analytical and mental ability
• Basic numerical skills, numbers, magnitudes, percentage, numerical relation appreciation.
• Data analysis, Graphic presentation charts, tables, spreadsheets.

Logical Deductions:

1. Deriving conclusion from passages
2. Theme Detection
3. Cause and Effect Reasoning
4. Logic
5. Statement- Arguments
6. Statement- Assumptions
7. Statement- Courses of Action
8. Statement- Conclusions

Verbal Reasoning:

• 1. Analogy
• 2.Series Completion
• 3.Verification of truth of the Statement
• 4.Situation Reaction Test
• 5.Direction Sense Test
• 6.Classification
• 7.Data Sufficiency
• 8.Alpha- Numeric Sequence Puzzle
• 9.Puzzle Test
• 10.Blood Relations
• 11.Coding- Decoding
• 12.Assertion and Reasoning
• 13.Arithmetical Reasoning
• 14.Operations of Mathematics
• 15.Venn Diagrams
• 16.Word Sequence
• 17.Missing Characters
• 18.Sequential Output training
• 19.Directions
• 20.Test on Alphabets
• 21.Eligibility Test

Non-Verbal Reasoning

• 1.Dot Situation
• 2.Identical figure groupings
• 3.Forming figures and analysis
• 4.Construction of Squares and Triangles
• 5.Series
• 6.Analogy
• 7.Analytical Reasoning
• 8.Paper Folding
• 9.Paper Cutting
• 10.Cubes and Dice
• 11.Water Images
• 12.Mirror Images
• 13.Figure Matrix
• 14.Completion of Incomplete Pattern
• 15.Spotting out the embedded figures
• 16.Classification
• 17.Rule Detection

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