General Concept of Entomology

Entomology:

Entemon is a Greek word which means insect.

The branch of biological science which deals with the study of insect which deals with the different aspect of arthropod is called Entomology.

Or

The branch of biological science dealing with the relation to the insect, Arachnida and other Arthropod causing pathological condition in and animal or transmission of different organism that are responsible for such kind of pathological condition that means which have medical and veterinary importance.

Veterinary Entomology:

Veterinary Entomology is the study of all arthropods including insects and arachnids which are parasitic to the animal i.e. which have veterinary importance.

Forensic Entomology:

Need for medico logical practiced such as after postmortem the detection of the cause of the cause of death by observing the movement of the insects.

Objectives:

To understand the arthropod with respect of –

·        Taxonomy of arthropod

·        Morphology of arthropod

·        Ecology of arthropod

·        Behavior of arthropod

·        Biology of arthropod

·        Distribution of arthropod

·        Pathological condition produced by arthropod

·        Disease transmission

·        Economic importance of arthropod

·        Diagnosis of arthropod

·        Treatment of the disease caused by the arthropod

·        Prevention and control of arthropod.

Books:

1.     Veterinary parasitology- G.M. Urquhart

2.     Helminth, Arthropods and Protozoa of Domesticated Animal-E.J.L. Soulsby

3.     Medical and Veterinary Entomology- D.S.Kettle

4.     Livestock Entomology-R.E. William