(a) State six causes of low egg production in chicken
(b) Name three parts of the digestive system of pigs.
(c) Enumerate six ways ways in which cattle production is important in West Africa.
(d) State five uses of poultry eggs.
(a) Name three management systems in farm animal production.
(b) State three ways in which housing is important in the management of farm animals.
(c) Mention four advantages associated with each of the following systems of keeping animals: (i) deep litter (i i) battery cage
(d) State three features of a suitable housing unit for rearing each of the following animals: (a) snails (ii) grasscutter
(a) Define the term digestion in farm animals.
(b) in a tabular form, give four differences between the digestive systems of a chicken and a goat
(c) List five methods of improving rangeland.
(d) Name the end product of digestion of each of the following nutrients: (i) carbohydrate (ii) protein (iii) fat and oil.
(e) State four function:, of proteins in farm animals (t) Mention two digestive enzymes found in the small intestines of a pig.
(a) Give three reasons for keeping goats.
(b) (i) Define the term oetrus as used in farm animals. (ii) State three signs of heat is a sow
(c) Complete the table below.
FARM ANIMAL | ADULT FEMALE | PARTURITION | YOUNG ONE |
I | Cow | II | III |
Goat | IV | V | VI |
VII | XI | Lambing | IX |
X | XI | XII | Piglet |
(a) State four functions of carbohydrates in farm animals.
(b) List four organs associated with respiration in farm animals.
(c) Mention two diseases that affects the respiratory system of farm animals
(d) Define the fol-lowing terms as used in animal physiology: (i) exhalation (ii) inhalation (iii) peristalsis (iv) ovulation (v) rumination.