Animal Husbandry JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

127

If a calf dies suddenly with blood oozing from the natural openings, the calf must have died of 

  • A. anthrax
  • B. brucellosis
  • C. rinderpest
  • D. tuberculosis
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128

Which of the following disorders could be associated with difficult parturition 

  • A. blaot
  • B. dystocia
  • C. diarrhoea
  • D. oedema
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129

Which of the following operations should be carried out to prevent honey bees from being excited during the harvesting of honey

  • A. use of smoke around the hives
  • B. fumigation of the surrounding
  • C. use of appropriate overall suit
  • D. removal of the hive to anew location
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130

Genetic defects in livestock are caused by

  • A. accidents
  • B. malnutrution
  • C. mutation
  • D. pathogens
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131

Which of the following management practices could decrease the production of herbage on a grazing land

  • A. irrigation
  • B. overstocking
  • C. paddocking
  • D. reseeding
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132

In which of the following psychological processes is hemoglobin essential

  • A. transport of oxygen
  • B. removal of nitrogen
  • C. regulation of blood pH
  • D. absorption of water and salt
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133

Determine the number of pigs that could be stocked in a pig sty with dimensions of 14.0 m by 6.0 m. If the required floor space per pig is 2m\(^{2}\)

  • A. 10
  • B. 42
  • C. 84
  • D. 168
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134

The tiny numerous finger-like projections on the walls of small intestines of farm animals which help nutrient absorption is the

  • A. duodenum
  • B. ileum
  • C. jejenum
  • D. villi
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135

The organism that causes trypanosomiasis is transmitted by

  • A. flea
  • B. mosquito
  • C. tick
  • D. tse-tse fly
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136

Which of the following signs of oestrus in ewe are correct

I. swollen vulva
II. frequent urination
III. mountain of other ewes
 

  • A. I and II only
  • B. I and III only
  • C. II and III only
  • D. I, II, and III only
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137

A disease cause by Eimeria spp is

  • A. aspergillosis
  • B. coccidiosis
  • C. bird flu
  • D. fowl typhoid
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138

If 50 cows were artificially inseminated and 37 cows conceived, determine the percentage conception rate

  • A. 26%
  • B. 35%
  • C. 74%
  • D. 87%
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139

Indiscriminate breeding could be prevented in farm animals through

  • A. pen mating
  • B. flock mating
  • C. hand mating
  • D. pasture mating
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140

Fumigation of a poultry house is done for the following reasons except to

  • A. prevent ectoparasites
  • B. prevent endoparasites
  • C. repel pest infestation
  • D. reduce disease transmission
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141

A distention of stomach in ruminants due to accumulation of gas as a result of consumption of lush pasture is known as

  • A. bloat
  • B. ketosis
  • C. rickets
  • D. scurvy
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142

Which of the following management practices would increase the carrying capacity of pasture

  • A. draining the pasture
  • B. fertilizing the pasture
  • C. pest and disease control
  • D. reducing the size of pasture
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143

A farmer whose objective is to produce animals of the same age will practice

  • A. selection
  • B. inbreeding
  • C. cross breeding
  • D. artificial insemination
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144

The true stomach in ruminants is the

  • A. rumen
  • B. reticulum
  • C. omasum
  • D. abomasum
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145

The average gestation period for cattle is

  • A. 144 days
  • B. 150 days
  • C. 282 days
  • D. 340 days
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146

The male hormone produced by farm animals is called

  • A. oestrogen
  • B. oxytocin
  • C. progesterone
  • D. testosterone
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147

The practice of feeding a special diet to ewe before mating is called

  • A. flushing
  • B. supplementation
  • C. steaming-up
  • D. creep feeding
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