An aquarium contains all the following except
- A. different types of fish
- B. pieces of broken wood
- C. clean sand
- D. supplementary feed
- E. submerged and floating plants
Night blindness in an animal is caused by a deficiency of
- A. vitamin A
- B. calcium
- C. vitamin B
- D. phosphurous
- E. vitamin E
In cattle, high fever and sudden death are symptoms of
- A. anthrax
- B. foot rot
- C. pneumonia
- D. bloat
- E. red water
The causal organism of mastitis in cattle is
- A. fungus
- B. bacterium
- C. virus
- D. protozoan
- E. worm
The effects of practicing rotational grazing in a livestock farm include the following except
- A. controlling livestock pests
- B. eliminating attack of livestock diseases
- C. allowing the regrowth of pasture crops
- D. increasing the amount of herbage yield
- E. maintaining steady increase in growth rate of animals
The main component of egg shell is
- A. nitrogen
- B. calcium
- C. sodium
- D. molybdenum
- E. zinc
Which of the following feed stuffs will not supply carbohydrate?
- A. maize
- B. guinea corn
- C. rice bran
- D. palm kernel cake
- E. bone meal
The proportion of the different types of feed given to an animal daily is known as
- A. concentrate
- B. additive
- C. supplement
- D. ration
- E. roughage
High fibre and low energy feeds are classified as
- A. basal feeds
- B. roughages
- C. supplements
- D. concentrates
- E. creep
Pigs are normally classified into the following group except
- A. weaners
- B. fatterners
- C. breeders
- D. boars
- E. piglets
Which of the following breeds of cattle is an imported breed?
- A. keteku
- B. N'dama
- C. white fulani
- D. sokoto gudali
- E. red bororo
Which of the following statement is not true about rearing livestock under the free range system?
- A. high risk of infestation of parasites
- B. high mortality rate in the young livestock
- C. adequate veterinary care
- D. loss of animals
- E. fending for themselves
New-born animals should be fed with colostrum because it
- A. is easily digested
- B. contains antiboies protecting them against diseases
- C. provides them permanent immunity gainst diseases
- D. is the first milk produced before birth
- E. contains food nutrients essential for the survival of the newborn
The hormone generally called pregnancy hormone in farm animals is
- A. testosterone
- B. oestrogen
- C. progesterone
- D. androgen
- E. relaxin
Gestation period is defined as the time
- A. of fusion of the sperm and the egg
- B. between conception and prturition
- C. of relaese of ovum from the ovary
- D. of the birth of the young animal
- E. between mating of dam and weaning of young ones
The act of mating in cattle is known as
- A. tupping
- B. treading
- C. lambing
- D. laying
- E. service
Which of the following is the primary function of the gizzard?
- A. storage of food before digestion
- B. fermentation of ingested food
- C. grinding of ingested food into smaller particles
- D. exposure of food to enzymatic digestion
- E. absorption of digested food particles
The branch of crop production which is normally concerned with crop improvement is
- A. plant breeding
- B. plant science
- C. horticulture
- D. plant protection
- E. crop physiology
The aims of crop improvement include the following except
- A. increasing crop yield
- B. increasing crop resistence of pests and doseases
- C. improving the quality of the crop plants
- D. improving crop growth habit
- E. improving the infracstructural facilities in a farm
Cultural methods of controlling pests include the following except
- A. crop rotation
- B. adequate spacing
- C. timely planting
- D. frequency of weeding
- E. mulching
Which of the following group of crops can be attacked by smut diseases?
- A. suggarcane, maize and banana
- B. rice, maize and guinea corn
- C. guinea corn, sugarcanr and rubber
- D. maize, guinea corn and yam
- E. rubber, rice and guinea corn