Agricultural Science Questions and Answers
A comprehensive list of Agricultural science questions with answers to help you prepare for JAMB, WAEC, NECO, Post UTME exams.
A comprehensive list of Agricultural science questions with answers to help you prepare for JAMB, WAEC, NECO, Post UTME exams.
Methods of preserving fish include the following except
Boiling
Drying
Smoking
Salting
Correct answer is A
Boiling is not a method of preserving fish.
Heavy infestation of liver fluke causes poor absorption of fats in livestock by
Blocking bile ducts thus preventing flow of bile
Destroying fat-digesting enzymes
Reducing ingestion of fats
Inhibiting the action of digestive enzymes
Correct answer is D
A liver fluke is a parasitic worm. After liver flukes have been ingested, they travel from the intestines to the bile ducts in the liver where they live and grow. They grow so much that they contaminate the bile and this affects fat-digesting enzymes.
Which of the following is not a symptom of foot and mouth disease of cattle?
Excessive production of saliva
Sores on feet and tongue
Lameness
Blood stained diarrhea
Correct answer is D
The foot and mouth disease of cattle is not characterized by blood stained diarrhea.
Miracidium is one of the stages in the life cycle of
Roundworm
Liver fluke
Tapeworm
Tick
Correct answer is D
Miracidium is the free swimming larva of trematodes (liver fluke) which emerges from an egg and penetrates the body of a snail host.
Which of the following is not a method of improving rangeland?
Practicing continuous grazing
Routine and regular weeding
Routine reseeding
Regular application of fertilizers
Correct answer is A
The practice of continuous grazing is not a method of controlling rangeland.