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 following identification methods could be used in poultry production?
Banding
Branding
Notching
Tattooing
Correct answer is B
Livestock branding is a technique for marking livestock so as to identify the owner.
The vector that transmits trypanosomiasis is
Roundworm
Tapeworm
Tsetse fly
White fly
Correct answer is C
The tsetse fly (genus Glossina) is a large, brown, biting fly that serves as both a host and vector for the trypanosome parasites.
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Which of the following organs is influenced by oxytocin?
Kidney
Lung
Testis
Udder
Correct answer is D
Oxytocin stimulates the muscles surrounding the udder to squeeze out the milk.
The first stage at which the tick attaches itself to the body of the grazing farm animal is
Adult
Egg
Larva
Nymph
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.