Which of the following organisms is an ectoparasite of farm animals?
- A. tapeworm
- B. louse
- C. liverfluke
- D. roundworm
Prevention of animal diseases involves the following except
- A. rearing disease-resistant stock
- B. carrying out rotational grazing
- C. idebtifying the source of diseases
- D. feeding balanced ration
The disease which affects only animals other than humans is
- A. anthrax
- B. rinderpest
- C. brucellosis
- D. trypanosomiasis
Which of the following fish species is found in fresh water?
- A. sardine
- B. tilapia
- C. salmon
- D. herring
The causal organism of anthrax in farm animals is known as
- A. baccillus anthracis
- B. brucella abortus
- C. mycobacterium spp
- D. aspergillus spp
Mating in poultry is known as
- A. servicing
- B. treading
- C. tupping
- D. breeding
Which of the following feedstuffs requires much processing before being fed to animals?
- A. cassava
- B. sorghum
- C. maize
- D. groundnut
Feeds given to animals solely to sustain their live weight is called
- A. balanced ration
- B. maintenance ration
- C. production ration
- D. weaner ration
The average gestation period in sheep is
- A. 30 days
- B. 50 days
- C. 150 days
- D. 270 days
Natural immunity can be conferred on newly-born animals through
- A. vaccination
- B. administration of antibiotics
- C. feeding with colostrum
- D. strict sanitation
Rabbits can digest roughages because they possess
- A. large intestine
- B. enlarged caecum
- C. long colon
- D. small rectum
The milk let down hormones in farm animals is called
- A. adrenalin
- B. oestrogen
- C. oxytocin
- D. progesterone
Which of the following characteristics is not important in beef cattle breeding?
- A. high fertility
- B. increased butter-fat percentage
- C. good feed conversion efficiency
- D. high yield of lean meat
Disease resistance is one of the aims of crop improvement because it
- A. enables crops withstand attack by pathogens
- B. makes the harvesting of crops easy
- C. enables crops adapt to climatic conditions
- D. leads to early maturity in crops
The maize stem borer is best controlled by
- A. destroying and burning all the affected crops
- B. erecting physical barriers on the farm
- C. using scare crows on the farm
- D. hand-picking from infested crops
Which of the following operations takes place in a ginnery?
- A. production of cotton seed oil
- B. detoxication of cotton seed
- C. separation of cotton seeds from lint
- D. production of cotton seed cake
Corms, rhizomes and tubers are examples of
- A. underground stems
- B. underground roots
- C. modified leaves
- D. earial stems
Mould growth on cereal grains stored in damp conditions is caused by
- A. bacterium
- B. fungus
- C. virus
- D. nematode
Which of the following plants is a pasture legume?
- A. cynodon pletostachyus
- B. stylosanthes gracilis
- C. panicum maximum
- D. pennisetum purpureum
The recommended spacing for oil palm cultivation is
- A. 9 m triangular
- B. 9 m x 9m
- C. 12m x 12m
- D. 12m triangular
Which of the following farming practices are cultural methods used to control pests and diseases? I. Crop rotation II. Mixed farming III. Monoculture
- A. I and II only
- B. I and III only
- C. II and III only
- D. I,II and III