February 8, 2022 WASSCE Animal Husbandry WASSCE Animal Husbandry 2019 – Paper 1 WASSCE Animal Husb. 2019 1. The botanical name for Guinea grass is Andropogon gayanus Cynodon dactylon Panicum maximum Pennisetum purpureum 2. The incubation period for the egg of turkey is 15 days 21 days 28 days 32 days 3. The live stock marketing chain begins with the consumer producer retailer wholesaler 4. Anaemia in piglets could be prevented by providing them with red soil antibiotics common salt vitamins 5. Browsing by ruminants is the act of chewing the cud feeding in groups unsupervised grazing picking leaves from shrubs 6. Candling is done in a hatchery in order to remove dirty eggs small eggs broken eggs infertile eggs 7. Which of the following livestock disease affect the reproductive system? Anthrax Brucellosis Mastitis Rinderpest 8. In order to prevent bulls from eating during traction, they should be branded dehorned muzzled tethered 9. Which of the following pairs of factors must be effectively controlled in artificial incubation? Temperature and humidity Ventilation and turning Temperature and light Light and ventilation The diagram below illustrates a farm animal. Use it to answer questions 10 to 13. 10. The part labelled I is called antenna eye foot tentacale 11. Which of the following uses are associated with the part labelled II? I. Decoration II. Feed ingredient III. Liming I and II only I and III only II and III only I, II and III 12. The edible parts are labelled I and II only I and III only II and III only I, II and III 13. Which of the following products could be obtained from the farm animal iIIustrated? Bone Choven Fur Shell 14. Which of the following statements about artificial insemination is not correct? The offspring are always healthier than the parents. It enables the use of semen after the death of the donor It reduces the spread of sexually transmitted diseases incapacitated males could be used 15. Which of the following feed ingredients is used to improve the quality of egg shell? Di- calcium phosphate Fish meal Copra cake Mineral premix 16. Unlike local breeds of goats, exotic breeds are usually small in size fast growing black in colour more resistant to diseases 17. Which of the following factors is no considered when selecting livestock? Egg production Feed consumption Body weight Mortality 18. Which of the following statements is an advantage of the battery cage system of poultry production? Rate of egg production is high Thick shelled eggs are produced Egg picking is prevented Eggs which cannot be hatched are produced 19. The correct way of lifting a large rabbit is by grasping the skin over the lion neck shoulder thigh 20. Some farm animals do not require vitamin B in their diet because it is synthesized by microbes in their rumen interferes with the metabolism of fat is not essential for their growth is not normally absorbed 21. In poultry production, incubators are used to supply heat to day-old chicks for faster growth fertilized eggs of chick development cocks to increase their libido sick birds in cold weather 22. Which of the following domestic fowls require the highest amount of protein in their diet? Chicks Cocks Growers Hens 23. New-born livestock should be fed with colostrums mainly because it is easy to digest by animals contains nutrients for survival contains antibodies for protection Is the first milk produced 24. Which of the following factors adversely affect feed utilization and productivity in poultry? I. High fibre content of feed II. Low calcium diet III. Water deprivation I and II only I and III only II and III only I, II and III 25. The equipment used in concentrating heat for chicks during brooding is chick guard hover lamp thermometer 26. Which of the following factors does not influence the distribution of farm animals in west Africa? climate Culture Disease Topography 27. The correct order in which food moves through the digestive system of the domestic fowl is crop → gizzard → proventriculus → duodenum Crop → Proventriculus → gizzard → duodenum Proventriculus → crop → gizzard → duodenum proventriculus → gizzard → crop →duodenum 28. Which of the following diseases usually occur during brooding of chicks? I. Y olk sac infection II. Coccidiosis III. Fowl pox I and II only I and III only II and III only l, II and III 29. One of the reasons for dehorning cattle is to help to identify animals in the herd improve the growth rate of the bulls ease handling of animals prevent disease in the herd 30. The diagram above is an illustration of the life cycle of a farm animal. At which stage wiII lactation start? I II Ill IV 31. Feed waste by birds in deep litter house could be minimized by providing guards for feeding troughs reducing the number of feeding troughs using plastic feeding troughs using different sizes of feeding troughs 32. Rinderpest in cattle could be prevented by applying fungicide vaccinating regularly dipping in acaricide provision of balance diet 33. Which of the following factors should be considered in the siting of a pig sty? I. Slope of the land II. Vegetation cover of the land III. Direction of the sun I and II only I and III only II and III only I, II and III 34. The ration which provides just enough energy for normal physiological processes to take place in farm animals is known as balance ration production ration maintenance ration daily ration 35. Pasture of goats should contain some shrubs to provide opportunity for them to graze browse obtain protein excursive themselves 36. Which of the following animals have large litter size? I. Grasscutter II. Pig III. Rabbit I and II only I and III only II and III only I, II and III 37. The objective of flushing in female livestock is to increase chance of multiple birth improve disease resistance promote muscle development enable animals to come on heat 38. Wing-web injection is administered to four weeks old chicks in order to prevent fowl pox fowl typhoid coccidiosis Newcastle disease 39. The needle teeth of piglets are removed in order to make piglets grow faster prevent injury to the teat of sows allow piglets to suckle sufficient milk prevent piglets from biting the farmer 40. All the offspring of the first generation of farrn animals would be tall if the gene for tallness is dominant mutated recessive superior 41. The quality of natural pasture could best be improved by burning the grass practicing zero grazing practicing mulching introducing legumes 42. Temperature breeds of livestock which are imported to the tropics could suffer from worm infestation excessive rain heat stress frost bite 43. Which of the following statements about pasture intended for use as silage is correct? It is prone to pest attack after flowering The nutrient content decreases after flowering Lush legumes and grass should be used Fibre content is high before flowering 44. Deficiency of vitamin K in farm animals causes delayed blood clotting sterility in females night blindness rickets 45. Fumigation of incubator and disinfection of brooder house are aimed at preventing fowl cholera fowl pox gumbro salmonellosis 46. If the weight of a goat increased from 19kg to 39kg in 3 months, determine the average monthly weight gain 6.7kg 3.0 kg 19.3 kg 20.0 kg 47. The device which helps to regulate temperature in an incubator is the hygrometer insulator thermometer thermostat 48. Which of the following stomach compartments secretes digestive enzymes in ruminants? Abomasum Omasum Reticulum Rumen 49. In which part of the digestive system of poultry is cellulose digested? caecum Crop Intestine Proventriculus 50. The development of the embryo in farm animals takes place in the infandibulum oviduct ovary uterus If you are human, leave this field blank. Submit for Marking Like
