The mode of infection of rinderpest disease in cattle id through
- A. feeding
- B. drinking water
- C. a vector
- D. inhalation
- E. sexual contact
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good pasture?
- A. high palatability
- B. high nutritive value
- C. high digestibility
- D. low leaf to stem ration
- E. high resistance to trampling
The anti-sterility vitamin in livestock nutrition is vitamin
- A. K
- B. E
- C. C
- D. B
- E. A
N’dama cattle are well adapted to West Africa mainly because the breed
- A. can withstand a long period of drought
- B. is resistant to trypanosomiasis
- C. can feed well on poor quality forages
- D. can withstand high humidity
- E. is tolerant to poor management
The discontinuation of feeding young animal with milk is known as
- A. wearing
- B. lactation
- C. creep feeding
- D. sucking
- E. gestation
The main function of ground maize in livestock feed is for
- A. providing energy
- B. body building
- C. strong bone formation
- D. blood clotting
- E. addition of bulk
Male spermatozoa is produced in the
- A. penis
- B. testicles
- C. urethra
- D. epididymis
- E. prostrate gland
Control of water level in a fish pond with minimal loss of fish can be achieved with the aid of
- A. wooden panels only
- B. monk with panel, screens and outlet channel
- C. wooden panel and screen
- D. monk and oulet channel
- E. screen and monk
The water-snail is important in the life-cycle of
- A. roundworm
- B. tapeworm
- C. liver fluke
- D. coccidium
- E. tick
The amount of livestock feed needed to prevent either an increase or a decrease in live weight of an animal is referred to as
- A. maintenance ration
- B. balance ration
- C. weaners ration
- D. production ration
- E. breeders ration
The castrated male cattle is referred to as
- A. bull
- B. heifer
- C. castrate
- D. wether
- E. steer
The gestation period in days of a sow is
- A. 30
- B. 42
- C. 114
- D. 165
- E. 180
Air sacs are present in
- A. poultry
- B. cattle
- C. rabbit
- D. goat
- E. sheep
The fertility of the soil is an important factor in the selection of site for a fish pond because a fertile soil will
- A. encourage the growth of trees within the pond
- B. stimulate growth of lower plants which are sources of food to fish
- C. add mineralsto the water for the fishes resistance to diseases
- D. prevent the pond from drying up
- E. lower the temperature of pond water for the survival of fish
The female sex hormone that is responsible for oestrus in farm animal is called
- A. prolactin
- B. progesterone
- C. oxytocin
- D. oestrogen
- E. androgen
Blackarm is a bacterial disease of
- A. rice
- B. cotton
- C. citrus
- D. cocoa
- E. tobacco
The mesocrap of an oil palm fruit is
- A. nut
- B. kernel
- C. shell
- D. seed
- E. pulp
A major routine operation in cowpea production which normally starts from flowering stage is
- A. weekly spraying with insecticides
- B. folial application of liquid fertilizer
- C. application of herbicides
- D. routine application of NPK granulated fertilizer
- E. timely harvesting of pods
Yams stored in a barn should be inspected at least once a week to
- A. remove rotten tubers
- B. remove sprouts from yam tubers
- C. prevent termite attack
- D. prevent mouldiness in yam
- E. remove sprouts and rotten tubers
Rice bran is usually obtained from the paddy after
- A. winnowing and boiling
- B. threshing and winnowing
- C. parboiling and threshing
- D. harvesting and milling
- E. milling and polishing
Molasses is a major by-product obtained after the processing of
- A. kenaf
- B. sugarcane
- C. cassava
- D. pawpaw
- E. guinea corn