The process by which digested nutrients enter the bloodstream through the intestinal walls of farm animals is known as
- A. absorption
- B. assimilation
- C. mastication
- D. regurgitation
Hay and sillage are both classified as
- A. additives
- B. concentrates
- C. proteins
- D. roughages
Which of the following breeding practices would lead to reduced hybrid vigour
- A. outbreeding
- B. inbreeding
- C. cross breeding
- D. line breeding
The first step in formulating a diet for cattle is to
- A. choose the feed ingredient to be used in the ration
- B. determine the nutrient requirements of the cattle
- C. determine the chemical composition of the feed ingredients
- D. calculate the amount of each feed to be used in the ration
Iron injection is administered to piglets within the first week of farrowing to
- A. harden them
- B. help them grow fast
- C. Prevent them from being anaemic
- D. tail biting
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
Which of the following disorders could be associated with difficult parturition
- A. blaot
- B. dystocia
- C. diarrhoea
- D. oedema
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
Genetic defects in livestock are caused by
- A. accidents
- B. malnutrution
- C. mutation
- D. pathogens
Which of the following management practices could decrease the production of herbage on a grazing land
- A. irrigation
- B. overstocking
- C. paddocking
- D. reseeding
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
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
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
The organism that causes trypanosomiasis is transmitted by
- A. flea
- B. mosquito
- C. tick
- D. tse-tse fly
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
A disease cause by Eimeria spp is
- A. aspergillosis
- B. coccidiosis
- C. bird flu
- D. fowl typhoid
If 50 cows were artificially inseminated and 37 cows conceived, determine the percentage conception rate
- A. 26%
- B. 35%
- C. 74%
- D. 87%
Indiscriminate breeding could be prevented in farm animals through
- A. pen mating
- B. flock mating
- C. hand mating
- D. pasture mating
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
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
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