2014/2015 1ST TERM EXAMINATION ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SS 1

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN SECTION A

1. The science and art of producing and keeping livestock is __ (a) Animal
health (b) regurgitation (c) Animal husbandry (d) livestock
2. ___ are feeds that have crude fibre content in high quantity (a) minerals
(b) Roughages (c) fibre (d) sillage
3. The third stomach of a ruminant animal is the __ (a) rumen (b) omasum (c)
abomasum (d) reticulum
4. A male cattle is called ____ (a) capon (b) cock (c) cow (d) bull
5. The waste product from domestic fowl/bird is called___(a) faeces (b) dung
(c) fertilizer (d) wood shaven
6. Animals which chew the cud are ___(a) ruminants (b) reptiles (c) non-
ruminant (d) amphibians
7. The following are economic importance of farm animals except __ (a) it
serves source of feed ingredients (b) as source of food (c) as raw materials
(d) as maintenance
8. The following are examples of non-ruminant animals except __ (a) domestic
fowl (b) pig (c) rabbit (d) goat
9. The true stomach of a ruminant animal is the ___(a) abomasums (b)
omasam (c) rumen (d) reticulum
10. ___ is the part of alimentary canal of a fowl where grinding takes place (a)
crop (b) gizzard (c) stomach (d) small intestine
11. The main organs of respiration are lungs, nose and bronchi except ___ (a)
gullet (b) trachea (c) larynx (e) heart
12. In animals ___ organ helps the excretion of waste products (a) small
intestine (b) large intestine (c) gizzard (d) crop
13. ___ is a class of food nutrients (a) cowpea (b) carbohydrate (c) cattle (d)
malnutrition
14. The system for removal of waste materials from the body is called __
system (a) reproduction (b) excretory (c) digestive (d) nervous system
15. The act of giving birth in farm animals is called ____ (a) parturition (b)
abortion (c) storage (d) gestation
16. The following are sources of animal protein except (a) milk (b) egg (c) fish
(d) beans
17. Birds store their food temporarily in the ___ (a) gizzard (b) proventriculus
(c) crop (d) duodenum
18. The following equipments are used in the poultry house except ___ (a)
feeding trough (b) water trough (c) bucket (d) goat
19. The period of pregnancy in farm animal is called ____ period (a) parturition
(b) gestation (c) vaccination (d) photosynthesis
20. The feed that given the animal immunity against diseases is called ___ (a)
Basal feed (b) vitamin and minerals (c) roughages (d) protein

SECTION B THEORY
Instruction answer number 1 and any other two questions
1a. Define Animal husbandry
b. List five importance of farm animals
c. List the two main types of farm animals

2a. Write five differences between ruminant and non-ruminant animals

b. Give three examples each for ruminant and non-ruminant animals

3. Draw a well labelled diagram of either a fowl or a goat

4. Classify animal feeds into the four major groups and gives one example of
each

5a. Define digestive system

b. mention five animal body system