UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Zoology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject II - Medical Laboratory Techniques and Bioinstrumentation II

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Urine: Analysis of urine samples; chemical parameters routinely required to be analysed. Pregnancy tests. Analysis of faeces, semen, cerebrospinal fluid for chemical investigation

Unit II

Parasitology and vector biology. Examination of Parasites relevant to human health, Malarial parasite and other protozoans, Helminths and other worms, study of vectors in the transmission of diseases.

Unit III

Pathology: Organisms causing infectious diseases. Viruses - Measles, Poliomyletis, hepatitis, HIV. Bacteria - Tuberculosis, whooping cough, tetanus, dilphtheria, cholera. Protozoans - Amoebic dysentery, malaria, Leishmaniasis. Helminths - Ascariasis, filariasis, Cysticercasis.

Unit IV

Principles, use and maintenance of laboratory instruments like: Autoclave, hot air oven, incubators, water bath, centrifuge, refrigerator, colorimeter, pH meter, haemoglobinometer, haemocytometer, microtomes, balances.

Unit V

Cell counter, pH analyzer, Flame Photometer, Photoelectnc colorimeter, Spectrometer, Muffle furnace, Laminar flow, Chromatography (TLC), Electrophoresis, ELISA, Kipps apparatus, Micropipette and Pasteur pipette.

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