Which of the following is not a factor affecting fertility in farm animals?
- A. age
- B. ovulation rate
- C. number of ova fertilized
- D. number of offspring produced
- E. lactation rate
The following factors should be considered when selecting a farm animal irrespective of the use management and cost except
- A. heredity
- B. age
- C. health
- D. fecundity
- E. colour
The commonest ectoparasites of birds are
- A. lice
- B. fleas
- C. ticks
- D. mites
- E. houseflies
Some of the by-products of fish include the following except
- A. fish meal
- B. fish silage
- C. glue
- D. oil
- E. leather
Minerals such as contained in oyster shell help animals to
- A. build up their body tissue
- B. develop their bones and teeth
- C. have balanced diet
- D. develop immunity against deficiency diseases
- E. increas their blood mineral content
The exotic breeds of rabbits found in Nigeria include the following except
- A. new zealand white
- B. chinchila
- C. american albino
- D. flemish gaint
- E. rhode island red
The act of giving birth in rabbits is known as
- A. kidding
- B. farrowing
- C. kindling
- D. calving
- E. lambing
Which of the following is not a factor of improvement in breeding cattle?
- A. bloat
- B. night blindness
- C. milk fever
- D. infertility
- E. anaemia
Which of the following is not a factor of improvement in breeding cattle?
- A. fertility
- B. butter-fat percentage
- C. weaning weight
- D. feed efficiency
- E. back-fat thickness
The best method(s) of regulating fish capture is/are
- A. gill netting and electro-fishing
- B. quota and mesh-size control
- C. beach seine method
- D. active netting
- E. passive netting
A protozoan diseases of livestock not transmitted by a vector is
- A. coccidiosis
- B. babesiosis
- C. trypanosomiasis
- D. redwater
- E. anaplasmosis
The symptoms of vitamin deficiency diseases in livestock includes the following
- A. scurvy
- B. loss of appetite
- C. poor blood clotting
- D. improved fertility
- E. rickets
Which of the following breeds of cattle is regarded as the best dairy breed in Nigeria?
- A. red bororo
- B. keteku
- C. sokoto gudali
- D. muturu
- E. white fulani
At which of the following ages are gilts normally mated?
- A. 8 - 12 months
- B. 14 - 15 months
- C. 15 - 20 months
- D. 21 - 24 months
- E. over 25 months
The part of the ruminant stomach from which digestive juices secreted is the
- A. rumen
- B. reticulum
- C. omasum
- D. paunch
- E. abomasum
Contact insecticides are used to control
- A. pod borers of legumes
- B. stem borers of cereal
- C. leaf beetles of legumes
- D. peel worm of legumes
- E. bollworms of cotton
Vegetables propagation can be carried out through the following processes except
- A. seedling
- B. cutting
- C. layering
- D. grafting
- E. budding
The expression of a gene in the phenotype irrespective of whether the cell is homozygous or heterozygous is known as
- A. recessive
- B. partial dominance
- C. test-cross
- D. segregation
- E. dominance
Thrips cause serious mechanical damages to crops by their
- A. feeding activities on flowers, leaves and fruits
- B. laying eggs on plants
- C. sucking of the sap of crops
- D. burrowing activities causing damping off in crops
- E. activities as vectors of bacterial diseases
The average seed rate for maize is 25 kg per hectare. Allowing for a seed wastage of 5 per cent.How many kilogram of seeds would be required in planting 10 hectares of farmland?
- A. 237.5
- B. 238.0
- C. 250.0
- D. 255.0
- E. 262.5
Why should a seed-producing farmer spray an insecticide on his crops only when the bees are not around?
- A. the bees would sting him and he therefore avoids them
- B. the farmer does not want to waste his chemicals
- C. bees are important for pollination of his crops
- D. bees produce honey for him in his farm
- E. bees are harmless insects