Animal Husbandry questions structured to assess candidates’ basic knowledge and skills in the production, processing, storage, packaging and marketing of farm animals and their products.
Which of the followig methods enables a lame bull to reproduce?
Artificial insemination
Pen mating
Selection
Introduction
Correct answer is A
Artificial insemination is the process of collecting sperm cells from a male animal and manually depositing them into the reproductive tract of a female.
If an animal from Kenya is reared in Nigeria, the animal is said to have been
Cross bred
Introduced
Inbred
Selected
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
A substance present in cotton seed which is toxic to swine is
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrocyanic acid
Gossypol
Theobromine
Correct answer is C
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
The parts labeled I, II, and III are known respectively as
Whiskers, rump and ear
Rump, whiskers and ear
Rump, ear and whiskers
Whiskers, ear and rump
Correct answer is D
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Which of the following diseases is caused by a pathogen?
Bloat
Ketosis
Mastitis
Ostemalacia
Correct answer is C
Mastitis in dairy cows is caused by udder infections, usually resulting from bacteria introduced either during the milking process or from environmental contact.