The true stomach of ruminants is called
WAEC Animal Husbandry 2016 Past Questions
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(a) State five management practices that are carried out daily on a livestock farm
(b) Mention five devices that could be used in restraining farm animals.
(c) Name four structures used for housing livestock.
(d) Outline the steps involved in branding cattle.
In animal production, disease causing organisms are generally called.
(a) State five ways of improving pasture.
(b) Name live organs of the digestive system of a. rabbit.
(c) State five precautions that should be taken in dipping of sheep.
The introduction of semen into the reproductive tract of female farm animals without copulation is called.
(a) Mention four parasites of farm animals.
(b) Enumerate five ways in which the keeping of ruminants is important to the economy of your country.
(c) List In management practices undertaken in caulk production.
(d) State two ways in which each of the following management practices is important: (i) brooding (ii) debeaking (iii) culling.
Which of the following plants is a pasture legume?
(a) State five objectives of animal improvement.
(b) Mention live signs that indicate that a pregnant animal is approaching parturition. (c) Name two disease causing organisms in livestock production.
(d) copy and complete the table below:
| Nutrients | One Function | One deficiency symptom |
| Calcium | ||
| Iodine | ||
| Vitamin A | ||
| Vitamin E |
Pastures could be improved through
(a) Explain each of the following terms as used in animal nutrition (i) ration (ii) balanced diet (iii) maintenance ration (iv) production ration (v) malnutrition.
(b) Give two uses of each of the following animal products: (i) honey (ii) wool (iii) horn (iv) milk (d) egg.
which of the following types of meat is obtained from sheep?
(a) Mention three equipment used in incubation of eggs
(b) State five measures a livestock farmer could adopt to control diseases on the farm
(c) enumerate four advantages of artificial insemination
(d) Discuss two methods of animal improvement.
Rinderpest in cattle is caused by a
One of the symptoms of brucellosis in ewes is
A boiler consumed 6.0kg of feed and gained 2.0kg weight in six weeks. Determie the feed: gain ratio
Which of the following structures is part of the intestine of rabbits.
Forages harvested before flowering and conserved are characterized by

The part labelled III is called

Fertilization occurs in the part labelled

Which of the labelled parts produces hormones?
Which of the following effects is associated with high temperature brooding of chicks
If 25kg feed was consumed by 10,000 birds in six hours, determine the quantity of feed required by the same number of birds in one week?
One of the main reasons for providing light for broilers during production is to
Which of the following birds is purposely raised for meat?
pasture crops are best used in preparing silage when they
Which of the following managment systems of poultry production is least expensive?
A limitation to the effective use of artificial insemination in animal improvment is
Which of the following farm animals is most prolific?
A castrated male sheep is called a

The part of the tapeworm illustrated is

The part labelled III is the

Which of the labelled parts is used by the tapeworm to attach itself to the host?
In farm animals, hormones are released into the
Which of the following characteristics describes the external features of sheep?
In poultry, nutrients are absorded mainly in the
A disadvantage of prolonged inbreeding in farm animals it that it leads to
Which of the following factors affects the productivity of pasture? I Soil fertility II. Climate III. Weeds
If the oestrus cycle of a goat is 27 days, how many times will it come on heat in a year?
Which of the following statements about ovulation in rabbits is correct?
The endoparasite that creates sores in the liver and lungs of farm animals as it bores through them is
Which of the following farm animals is a monogastric?

Which of the labelled part is used to determine a good layer?

The part labelled III is the
The fundamental principles underlying animal breeding is based on
Which of the following disease would directly affect milk production in cows
Farm animals producing milk, egg and wool would require