The system of breeding that is practiced when N’dama cows are mated by muturu bulls is
- A. inbreeding
- B. out crossing
- C. cross breeding
- D. line breeding
Selection and hybridization are all methods of animal
- A. insemination
- B. grading
- C. quarantine
- D. improvement
Which of the following practices may cause fish diseases in a pond?
- A. mixed stocking
- B. desilting
- C. poor management
- D. harvesting
Which of the following symptoms indicate anthrax disease?
- A. persistent coughing
- B. sudden death without any visible sign of sickness
- C. abortion in the seventh month of gestation
- D. prolonged diarrhoea
Foot and mouth disease is caused by a
- A. nematode
- B. virus
- C. bacterium
- D. fungus
The sugar is most commonly found in the blood of animals is
- A. glucose
- B. galactose
- C. lactose
- D. sucrose
Dried cassava should not exceed 50% of the total ration of pigs because
- A. too much cassava in diets will lead to excessive fat deposit
- B. a higher percentage of inculsion will supply more protein than necessary
- C. it induces vitamin deficiency
- D. higher quantities induce scouring
Which of the following is not a characteristic of pigs?
- A. high feed conversion rate
- B. fast growth rate
- C. highly prolific
- D. unlimited ability to digest fibre
Farm animals are identified by the following methods except
- A. tattooing
- B. tagging
- C. shearing
- D. notching
Rabbits are kept in cages called
- A. pens
- B. hutches
- C. paddocks
- D. crushes
High temperatures on livestock induces the following effects except
- A. high feed intake
- B. low productivity
- C. high water intake
- D. general body weakness
A sow is normally expected to farrow
- A. once a year
- B. once in two years
- C. twice a year
- D. four times a year
Parturition in farm animals marks the end of
- A. breeding
- B. lactation
- C. ovulation
- D. gestation
In which part of the alimentary canal of poultry is grit mostly found?
- A. proventriculus
- B. cloaca
- C. gizzard
- D. rectum
Which of the following effects is not a consequence of ‘introduction’ in crop improvement? Introduced crops
- A. may mature faster than the local varieties
- B. may have high yield
- C. improve the quality of existing crops
- D. hamper the growth of local varieties
Weeds which produce light and numerous seeds are normally dispersed by
- A. wind
- B. water
- C. animals
- D. insects
Mealy bug is a major pest of
- A. citus
- B. cassava
- C. maize
- D. oil palm
The following are biting and chewing insects except
- A. caterpillars
- B. beetles
- C. crickets
- D. moths
mosaic disease affects
- A. cotton and cocoa
- B. groundnut and tomato
- C. cassava and tobacco
- D. mango and orange
Which of the following plant diseases is not caused by fungi?
- A. rice blast
- B. maize streak
- C. cassava leaf-spot
- D. maize rust
The growing of both forest trees and arable crops simultaneously on the same piece of land is termed
- A. mixed cropping
- B. mixed farming
- C. pastoral farming
- D. taungya system