Which of the following factors is not considered in selection fish for stocking?
- A. marketability of the specie
- B. ease of caring for fingerlings
- C. colour of the fingerlings
- D. ability of being reared in captivity
Government ensures continuous availability of fish through
- A. fish regulation
- B. fish marketing
- C. fish feeding
- D. fish processing
Nagana in cattle is otherwise known as
- A. trypanosomiasis
- B. babiosis
- C. ascariasis
- D. fascioliasis
Voiding of blood stained droppings by birds is a symptom of
- A. fowl cholera
- B. coccidiosis
- C. newcastle disease
- D. fowl typhoid
An unproductive animal permanently removed from a productive stock is said to be
- A. quarantined
- B. culled
- C. isolated
- D. disposed
The sequence of events in the reproductive process of a dairy animal is
- A. lactation,parturition,gestation and copulation
- B. parturition,copulation,lactation and gestation
- C. gestation,lactation,parturition and copulation
- D. copulation,gestation,parturition and lactation
The vitamin which is essential for the growth of spermatozoa in males and the development of the foetus in females is
- A. vitamin A
- B. vitamin D
- C. vitamin E
- D. vitamin K
Which of the following classes of poultry feeds has the highest protein content?
- A. chicks mash
- B. growers mash
- C. layers mash
- D. broiler starter
The process of removing a young animal from its mother is referred to as
- A. culling
- B. breeding
- C. weaning
- D. isolation
Broiler are generally marketed at the age of
- A. 4 - 6 weeks
- B. 8 -10 weeks
- C. 17 - 19weeks
- D. 20 - 22 weeks
Iodine is normally applied to the severed umbilical cord of a piglet so as to
- A. supply iodine needed by the piglet for growth
- B. reduce maturity period
- C. prevent the entry of micro-organisms into the piglet
- D. produce pigs without much abdominal fat
Oestrogen in female is responsible for
- A. development of secondary sexual characteristics
- B. start of oestrus cycle
- C. parturition
- D. attainment of puberty
The act of giving birth in farm animal is called
- A. hatching
- B. laying
- C. parturition
- D. gestation
The urethra in the male animal is described as a urinogenital duct because it
- A. opens to the outside through the penis
- B. is attached to the accessory sex glands
- C. is a common pathway for urine and sperms
- D. is the site for the storage of sperms
Which of the following structures is not a part of the digestive tract of pigs?
- A. oesophagus
- B. proventriculus
- C. duodenum
- D. colon
Hybrid vigour in crop improvement is brought about through
- A. intorduction
- B. mass selection
- C. inbreeding
- D. cross breeding
The use of fungal pathogens to control dodder weed is a
- A. physical method
- B. mechanical method
- C. biological method
- D. cultural method
The control of spear grass on the farm is difficult because
- A. it produces a large quantity of seeds
- B. it is easily propagated by suckers
- C. it has a very persistent rhizome
- D. seeds presist in the soil for a long time
Rosette disease of groundnut is transmitted by
- A. an eelworm
- B. a grasshopper
- C. a whitefly
- D. an aphid
Which of the following insect groups readily attacks dry grains?
- A. boring insects
- B. biting insects
- C. sucking insects
- D. piercing insects
Which of the following is a symptom of black-pod disease of cacao?
- A. diseases leaves fall prematurely
- B. characteristic swellings appear on young stems and roots
- C. small brown spot first appears on the pod
- D. veins of diseased leaves become red in colour