Advances in Animal Biotechnology and Tissue Culture detailed syllabus for Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering (BBE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BBE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BBE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to BBE Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of advances in animal biotechnology and tissue culture is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
CRYOPRESERVATIONOF EMBRYOS AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION 9
Introduction to Animal Biotechnology, Cryopreservation of Sperms, Ova of livestock, Artificial Insemination, Super Ovulation, In Vitro fertilization, Culture of embryos, Cryopreservation of Embryos, Embryo transfer, Embryo splitting, Embryo sexing,
Unit II
GERMPLASM PRESERVATION AND GENETIC DIAGNOSIS 9
In situ and ex situ preservation of germplasm, In utero testing of foetus for genetic defects, Pregnancy diagnostic kits, Gene knock out technology and animal models for human genetic disorders, Mouse model for COVID 19.
Unit III
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Unit IV
LIVE STOCK IMPROVEMENT 9
Genetic characterization of livestock breeds, Marker assisted breeding of livestock, Transgenic animals and application in expression of therapeutic proteins, Detection of meat adulteration using DNA based methods.
Unit V
TISSUE ENGINEERING 9
Tissue Engineering: Biomaterials in tissue engineering and scaffold fabrication, Artificial blood vessel, Artificial pancreas and liver tissue engineering, 3D Culture with different type of cells with examples and protocols. Spheroid culture.
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to
- Define concepts in Animal Biotechnology
- Describe the importance of Cryopreservation of embryos and embryo sexing in animals
- Relate and evaluate the genetic defects in animal embryos through molecular diagnosis
- Experiment the technology used for animal breeding
- Comprehend the fundamental concepts of mammalian cell and generation of cell line and to demonstrate tissue engineering applications for implantable materials.
- Design the strategies for livestock improvement through transgenesis with ethical concern.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Niemann, Heiner, Wrenzycki, Christine, Animal Biotechnology, Springer Publishing. 2018.
- Levine MM, Kaper JB, Rappuoli R, Liu MA, Good MF. 2004. New Generation Vaccines. 3rd Ed. Informa Healthcare
- John R.W. Masters, Animal Cell Culture 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, 2009.
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