Principles of Animal Production CA (APAP3101)
Animal Production Technology - APT
Semester: First Semester
Level: 300
Year: 2017
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
Peace -Work – Fatherland P.O. Box 39 Bambili
School/Faculty: COLTECH Department: _APT Lecturer: _A.T. Niba
Course Code:
:_________
Course Title: Principles of Animal Production CA Test
Date: ___________Hall: ___________Mile 3 Campus ___________ Time allowed: 2.5 hours
Instruction: Answer all questions
1. List the four basic rules that apply to all numbering systems for livestock identification (4
marks).
2. Name two types of bloat (1 mark).
3. How many methods of aging livestock do you know (1.5 marks)?
4. Shaeffer's formula has been developed for weight determination of which breed of animals
(1 mark).
5. Draw the right configuration of a forcing pen (1 mark)
6. Explain briefly what a Crush is (2 marks)
7. What is the function of a footbath (1 mark)
8. Why is it necessary to dip animals (1 mark)?
9. What are the consequences of footrot to domestic livestock (2 marks)
10. Make an illustration of the reaction of cattle to the moving pace of the attendant (1.5
marks)
11. Why is it necessary to vaccinate animals (1 mark)
12. What is the difference between dehorning and disbudding (1 mark)
13. Name the three methods available for disbudding ruminants (1.5 marks)
14. Give two reasons why animals are castrated (1 marks)
15. What are the methods available for castration of animals (1.5 marks).
16. The decision what identification method should be adopted depends on a number of
factors name them (5 marks).
17. Explain the word drenching (1 mark).
18. Explain in one sentence what mastitis is (0.5 mark)
19. Name the three types of worms that cause debilitation and death to farm stock (1.5 marks)
Good luck!!!!!!!
A. T. Niba
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