ZOOLOGY 2604
,PRACTICAL MANUAL
ZOOLOGY 2604
2022
COMPILED BY DR R PIETE
MODIFIED BY MR NM CHABALALA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION A: ANIMAL EMBRYOLOGY................................................................................4
PRACTICAL 1: Important Reproductive Structures.............................................................. 4
PRACTICAL 2: Development of Branchiostoma................................................................ 12
PRACTICAL 3: Development of Amphibia......................................................................... 29
PRACTICAL 4: Development of Aves to 96 hours.............................................................39
PRACTICAL 5: Development of 48 h Aves and pig embryo ..............................................58
SECTION B: COMPERATIVE ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY....................................................63
PRACTICAL 1: Ammonia excretion rate in the freshwater crab Potamonautes warreni ... 63
PRACTICAL 2: Carbon dioxide in exhaled human air under different respiratory
conditions…........................................................................................................................ 65
PRACTICAL 3: Fish respiration: build a counter current exchange model.........................72
PRACTICAL 4: Blood physiology: Erythrocyte functions ................................................... 77
PRACTICAL 5: Osmosis and Diffusion……….. .................................................................85