One of the advantages of artificial insemination is that_______
- A. gestation period becomes shorter
- B. it may reduce the rate of pregnancy
- C. it takes a longer time to make the animals come on heat
- D. the semen of the male animal can still be used after death.
A farmer noticed the laying of soft-shelled eggs by a flock of lavers. Which of the following minerals is likely deficient in the diet of the layers?
- A. Calcium
- B. Iron
- C. Manganese
- D. Zinc
The selection of an animal from a group based on its performance is called______
- A. family selection
- B. progeny selection
- C. pedigree selection
- D. individual selection
Which of the following feed ingredients is required most in formulating ration of layers?
- A. Bone Meal
- B. Mineral Salt
- C. Groundnut Cake
- D. Vitamin supplement
The identification method carried out on the part labelled Il is called ear_______
- A. Cutting
- B. Notching
- C. Tagging
- D. Tattooing
The part labelled I could be removed by using________
- A. hot iron
- B. caustic soda
- C. elastrator rubber
- D. burdizzo pliers
Which of the following farm animals is not correctly matched with its parturition terminology?
- A. Cattle→ calving
- B. Goat > kidding
- C. Rabbit -→ kindling
- D. Sheep - whelping
The ability of forage crops to survive and spread is referred to as__________
- A. compatibility
- B. persistence
- C. profuseness
- D. resistance
A nutritional disorder in cattle characterized by distended stomach is known as_______
- A. bloat
- B. ketosis
- C. perosis
- D. rickets
Which of the following processes is not involved in artificial insemination?
- A. Ejaculation
- B. Mating
- C. Ovulation
- D. Teasing
To reduce the problem of cannibalism and egg sucking on a poultry farm, a farmer needs to carry out_______
- A. Debeaking
- B. Delousing
- C. Desporing
- D. Deworming
Which of the following practices should be carried out by a farmer to encourage regrowth of pasture species?
- A. Seeding
- B. Weed control
- C. Good stocking
- D. Controlled burning
In poultry, cyclic movement and shaking of head are disease symptoms associated with________
- A. coccidiosis
- B. fowl pox
- C. infectious coryza
- D. newcastle disease
Which of the following factors is least considered in feed formulation for farm animals?
- A. Purpose of keeping animal
- B. Health status of animal
- C. Age of animal
- D. Breed of animal
The part of the animal labelled Il is called________
- A. back
- B. cleft
- C. loin
- D. rump
The gestation period of the animal is_____________
- A. 32 days
- B. 114days
- C. 150 days
- D. 282 days
The skin that could be obtained from the farm animal above is called_______
- A. fur
- B. hide
- C. pelt
- D. wool
What should a farmer do first if a sick bird is identified in a flock?
- A. Change the litter
- B. Isolate the bird
- C. Clean drinkers and feeders
- D. Call a veterinary personnel
Which of the following animals could be fed with a weaning ration?
- A. Bull
- B. Doe
- C. Kid
- D. Pullet
A symptom of fowl pox disease is______
- A. galls on comb
- B. twisting of neck
- C. enlargement of gizzard
- D. blood-stained diarrhoea
Which of the following systems is most suitable for broiler production?
- A. Battery cage
- B. Deep litter
- C. Fold
- D. Free range