The practice of progeny selection involves selecting bread stock on the basis of the
- A. performance of offspring
- B. parental characteristics
- C. sire-dam relationship
- D. individual merits of each animal
- E. characteristics of adult and young animals
Fingerlings refer to the young of
- A. rabbit
- B. guinea pig
- C. fish
- D. turkey
- E. duck
The following livestock diseases are caused by viruses expect
- A. anthrax
- B. foot and mouth dieases
- C. rinderpest
- D. nhewcastle diseases
- E. fowl pox
Which of the following feeding stuff should be increased in the diet of laying birds?
- A. palm kernel meal
- B. bone meal
- C. groundnut cake
- D. vitamin supplement
- E. wheat offal
Crops grown primarily for feeding animals are known as
- A. vegetables
- B. cereal
- C. forage
- D. legumes
- E. shrubs
In which area of Nigeria is the kuri breed of cattle commonly found?
- A. borno
- B. sokoto
- C. plateau
- D. obudu
- E. oyo north
Which of the following factors would you consider the least important for the successful incubation of eggs?
- A. light
- B. temperature
- C. ventilation
- D. relative humidity
- E. turning of the egg
Which of the following is not a function of the ruminal microorganism?
- A. digestion of cellulose
- B. conversion of plant proteins into microbial protein
- C. production of vitamin B
- D. production of gas in the rumen
- E. eructation of the ruminal gas
The head of the tapeworm is known as the
- A. sucker
- B. rostellum
- C. scolex
- D. hook
- E. segment
Which of the following farm animals possess a pair of caeca?
- A. pigs
- B. cattles
- C. sheep
- D. rabbits
- E. fowls
The groundnut rosette virus is transmitted by
- A. aphid
- B. mealy bug
- C. wind
- D. rainsplash
- E. soil
Ginning is the process of
- A. extracting cotton seed oil
- B. separating fibres from the bark of kena
- C. grinding cotton seeds
- D. separating cotton fibre from its seed
- E. converting cotton lint into yarn
The agent of controlled pollination in plants is
- A. wind
- B. insect
- C. man
- D. bird
- E. water
Birds are important pests of
- A. tree crops
- B. legumes
- C. cereal
- D. vegetable crops
- E. stored produce
Which of the following fruits is a capsule?
- A. okra
- B. groundnut
- C. mango
- D. coconut
- E. apple
The reproductive cells of crops are called
- A. gametes
- B. genes
- C. chromosomes
- D. anthers
- E. zygotes
The causative organism of maize rust is
- A. a fungus
- B. a virus
- C. a bacterium
- D. an insect
- E. a nematode
A situation where only specified trees in a forest reserve are cut down is known as
- A. selection
- B. afforestation
- C. reforestation
- D. selective exploitation
- E. deforestation
Which of the following describes the steps in making hay?
- A. cut-sun-bale
- B. dry-silage-silo
- C. soilage-ferment-cut
- D. cut-graze-paddock
- E. bale-dry-silage
Reduction of ten seedlings of pawpaw to two per stand is referred to as
- A. pruning
- B. thinning
- C. uprooting
- D. weeding
- E. spacing
The most effective method of controlling or preventing viral diseases in plants is by
- A. planting resistant varieties
- B. spraying crops regularly
- C. burning affected crops
- D. practising crop rotation
- E. treating seeds with chemicals