Animal Husbandry Questions and Answers
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.
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.
The movement of digested feed into the bloodstream is known as
Absorption
Digestion
Egestion
Ingestion
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
The number of teats in a cow is
Two
Four
Six
Eight
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Farm animals producing milk, egg and wool would require
Maintenance ration
Balance ration
Weaning ration
Production ration
Correct answer is D
Production ration is the type of ration given to farm animals to enable them to produce. Categories of farm animals that require production ration include;
Hatching animals; for milk production
Layers; for production of more eggs
Pregnant animals; for growing foetus
Feathering animals; for extra addition of meat or flesh
Which of the following disease would directly affect milk production in cows?
Mastitis
Rinderpest
Trypanosomiasis
Tuberculosis
Correct answer is A
Mastitis in dairy cows is caused by udder infections, usually resulting from bacteria introduced either during the milking process or from environmental contact. Milk-secreting tissues and various ducts throughout the udder can be damaged by bacterial toxins, and sometimes permanent damage to the udder occurs.
The fundamental principles underlying animal breeding is based on
Genetics
Management
Physiology
Selection
Correct answer is A
Animal breeding is the process of selective mating of animals with desirable genetic traits, to maintain or enhance these traits in future generations. For livestock, this involves estimation of the genetic value of individuals for traits including growth rate and yield of products such as eggs, milk or meat.