The type of soil recommended for pond foundation is
- A. silt
- B. clay
- C. sandy loam
- D. humus
- E. sandy clay
A disease that causes abortion in cattle in the later stages of pregnancy is
- A. milk fever
- B. pneumonia
- C. brucellosis
- D. foot and mouth disease
- E. ring worm
Oil-meals that may be used in formulating livestock ration include the following except
- A. blood meal
- B. groundnut cake
- C. palm kernel cake
- D. cotton seed cake
- E. coconut cake
Which of the following will not help milk let-down in a lactating dairy cow?
- A. injection of oxytocin
- B. presence of calf
- C. provision of feed
- D. injection of progesterone
- E. presence of a milker.
For which of the following products do most farmers in West Africa raise pigs?
- A. Pork
- B. Bacon
- C. Lard
- D. Skin
- E. Vaccine production
An unproductive animal completely removed from the rest of the stock is said to be
- A. quarantined
- B. culled
- C. isolated
- D. confined
- E. sold
A livestock disease caused by a fungus is
- A. aspergillosis
- B. coccidiosis
- C. red water
- D. brucellosis
- E. foot and mouth
Genetic characteristics are passed from the parents to offspring through the
- A. cytoplasm
- B. placenta
- C. zygote
- D. gene
- E. umbilical cord
The conditions necessary for establishing a fish pond include the following except
- A. sunlight
- B. accessibility
- C. capital
- D. availability of stock
- E. source of water supply
Which of the following group of diseases mostly affect goats in Nigeria?
- A. Diarrhoea, kata and intestinal worm infestation
- B. Foot-rot, pneumonia and mange
- C. Anthrax, foot-rot and kata
- D. foot and mouth, mastitis and mange
- E. Diarrhoea, anthrax and bloat
The ways by which a pasture can be improved include the following except
- A. over-grazing
- B. weed control
- C. reseeding
- D. irrigation
- E. fertilizer application
When an animal is being fed on a ration that does not increase its value but keeps the animal in good health and constant weight, the animal is said to be on a
- A. production ration
- B. creep feed
- C. maintenance ration
- D. concentrate
- E. balanced ration
Stud bull is the term used in describing
- A. a castrated male cattle
- B. a bull kept mainly for breeding
- C. an old bull used for draft purposes
- D. a bull used for artificial insemination only
- E. an immature male cattle
The act of mating in chicken is known as
- A. treading
- B. service
- C. topping
- D. breeding
- E. laying
Routine operation in cattle farming include the following except
- A. dehorning
- B. castration
- C. identification marking
- D. de-worming
- E. shearing
Which of the following is a disadvantage of battery cage?
- A. High rate of egg production
- B. production of eggs which cannot be hatched
- C. production of eggs which do not break easily
- D. regulation of feed consumption
- E. carrying out culling easily.
Feed carotene is usually converted into
- A. vitamin K
- B. vitamin E
- C. vitamin D
- D. vitamin B
- E. vitamin A
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good pasture?
- A. Ability to withstand extremes of climate and soil conditions
- B. Ability to withstand competition from weeds or other forage crops
- C. Ability to produce high quality fresh leaves
- D. High palatability and nutritional content
- E. Ability to provide mainly high quality carbohydrates.
Which of the following is not an aim of improving crops?
- A. producing crops which are resistant to diseases and pests
- B. producing crops which are adapted to adverse weather conditions
- C. increasing yield by planting high yielding and vigorous varieties
- D. improving the qualities of farm produce
- E. improving mechanical method of harvesting crops.
Which of the following methods would quickly provide a large harvest of oranges from a tree with desirable qualities?
- A. planting the seeds of the plant with the desirable qualities
- B. Crossing orange trees with those of desirable qualities
- C. Applying special fertilizer to the other citrus trees
- D. Grafting a branch from the tree with desirable qualities to the stock of other citrus trees
- E. Planting the stem cuttings of the orange tree with desirable qualities
The correct sequence in preparing new land for cropping is usually
- A. stumping, laying out of farm, ridging and tiling
- B. laying out of farm, ridging, stumping and tilling
- C. tilling, stumping, laying out of farm
- D. ridging, laying out of farm, tilling and stumping
- E. laying out of farm, stumping, tilling and ridging.