(a)(i) Give five reasons why fresh meat could be preserved. (ii) Name five forms of processed meat.
(b) State four characteristics of local chicken in West Africa.
(c)(i) Mention three methods of semen collection. (ii) State three precautions that should be taken during the process of artificial insemination.
(a)(i) Explain the term malnutrition as used in Animal Husbandry. (ii) If 10,000 layers were fed with a diet containing 60% maize, I.5% fishmeal, 289% groundnut cake, and I.5% oyster shell name the limiting ingredients that are not included in the diet. (iii) State two importance of each of the nutrients named in 2 (a)(ii).
(b). Give two reasons why a poultry farmer should keep farm records. c. State four ways in which liver fluke could be prevented from completing its life cycle.
(a). State two functions of each of the following reproductive hormones in livestock. (i) progesterone; (ii) androgen; (iii) oestrogen; (iv) luteinizing hormone
(b). Complete the table below.
| Common name | Botanical name | Type of forage |
| Elephant grass | (i): | Grass |
| Tropical kudzu | (ii): | Legume |
| Gliricidia | (iii): | (iv): |
| (v): | Andropogon gayanus | (vi): |
| (vii): | Centrosema molle | Legume |
| Leucaena | leucaena leucocephala | (viii): |
| Bahama grass | (ix) | Grass |
| (x) | Panicum maximum | Grass |
(c). Mention two methods of mating in animal production.
(a). Explain each of the following terms as used in livestock production. i. parasite; ii pest
(b). Name three: (i) ectoparasites of sheep; (ii) insect pests of sheep
(c). State four damages that could be caused by pests in cattle.
(d). Give six signs that could be observed in a sick rabbit.
(a). State six ways in which diseases could be controlled in sheep production.
(b). Give three ways in which decreased feed intake of the flock of sheep could be improved.
(c). Explain each of the following methods of animal improvement. i. introduction; ii. selection; iii. breeding
(d). State five aims of animal improvement
