a)(i) ldentify specimens R. (1 mark)

(ii) State two disadvantages of using specimen R in poultry house. (2 marks)

(iii) State two precautions to be taken when using specimen R (2 marks)

(iv) List two ways of maintaining specimen R. (2 marks)

(v) Name two devices that can be used in place of using specimen R in a poultry house. (2 marks)

(b) A farmer observed that ten of the sows on the pig farm had reddened and swollen vulvas with whitish mucus discharge. The sows also made undue noise and P mounted one another. Use the information to answer the questions that follow:

(i) What do the observed signs in the sows indicate? (1 mark)

(ii) Assuming the farmer serviced a sow on 1st March, 2012, state the date the farmer should expect the sow to farrow. (2 marks)

(ii) List three preparations that the farmer should make in the farrowing pen before the sow farrows. (3 marks)