Dissolved oxygen in fish ponds is maintained at normal level in order to
- A. accelerate decay of plant materials
- B. prevent disease attacks
- C. prevent acquatic plants from competing with fish
- D. keep fish activities normal
- E. improve the quality of fish
Which of the following livestock diseases is transmitted by ticks?
- A. red water
- B. coccidiosis
- C. aspergillosis
- D. trypanosomiasis
- E. brucellosis
The following are all leguminous forage crops except
- A. centrosema pubescens
- B. vigna sinensis
- C. stylodsnyhrd htsvilid
- D. panicum maximum
- E. pueraria phaseoloides
Which of the following is not a source of minerals in animal nutrition?
- A. green pastures
- B. fish meal
- C. blood meal
- D. cereal
- E. palm oil
The breed of goat noted for its production of high quality morocco leather is the
- A. west african dwarf
- B. kano brown
- C. ouda
- D. bornu red
- E. sokoto red
A fish pond in an enclosed body of water is for
- A. rearing fish for consumption
- B. rearing aquatic organisms for feeding fish
- C. storing fish and other organisms
- D. keeping ornamental fish and aquatic plants
- E. rearing fish and other aquatic mammals
The parts of the body affected by Newcastle disease of poultry are the
- A. digestive and circulatory systems
- B. reproductive and excretory tracts
- C. nervous system and respiratory tract
- D. air-sac and the comb
- E. comb and the legs
Which of the following is not a reason why planting a mixture of grass and legume on a pasture is economical to the farmer? The
- A. mixture can harbour pests
- B. mixture helps in preventing soil erosion
- C. farmer will save on fertilizer
- D. mixture provides a balanced feed for livestock
- E. mixture increases the rate of productyion of livestock
The type of feed which contains the essential nutrients in the right concentrations and proportions is known as
- A. growers mash
- B. weaners diet
- C. creep feed
- D. concentrate
- E. balance diet
A castrated male fowl is known as
- A. cock
- B. capon
- C. cockerel
- D. hen
- E. broiler
The destructive effects of variegated grasshoppers are conspicuously observed on
- A. cassava and yam crops
- B. cocoa and citrus crops
- C. cowpea and maize crops
- D. maize and cassava crops
- E. citrus and weeds
Taungya farm involves the combination of
- A. crop and animal husbandary
- B. crop husbandary and forestry
- C. forestry and animal husbandary
- D. crop husbandary and fish farming
- E. forestry and fishing farming
Soil may be exposed to erosion when a pasture is
- A. undergrazed
- B. overgrazed
- C. paddocked
- D. weeded
- E. fanced
Maize grows best on
- A. sandy soil
- B. sandy-clay soil
- C. clayey-loam soil
- D. loamy soil
- E. silty-clay soil
Pests of crops that feed by piercing and sucking plants include the following except
- A. stem borers
- B. aphids
- C. cocoa mirids
- D. cotton stainers
- E. cassava mealy bugs
The mosaic symptom commonly associated with viral diseases of crops can be best observed on
- A. roots
- B. stem
- C. leaves
- D. fruits
- E. flower
Which of the following groups comprises only oil crops?
- A. groundnut, jute and cotton
- B. melon, coconut and sisal hemp
- C. coconut, cotton and sunflower
- D. sunflower, rubber and jute
- E. oil palm, sunflower and jute
The pest designated as a national pest by the Nigeria Agricultural Advisory Council is
- A. variegated grasshopper
- B. thrips
- C. capsid
- D. cricket
- E. weevil
The following are forestry crops except
- A. tectona grandis
- B. gmelina arborea
- C. anarcadium
- D. pinus eliotis
- E. chlorophora excelsa
The most common weed of pastures in Nigeria is
- A. spear grass
- B. goat weed
- C. water leaf
- D. tridax
- E. sida
If the seed rate for guinea corn is 5.6 kg per hectare, what will be the amount of seeds required for planting 35 acre farm?
- A. 75.1
- B. 78.4
- C. 568.2
- D. 784.5
- E. 960.3