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Dissemination of new ideas and techniques to farmers can only be effective if the agricultural extension officer
A works with existing community organisation and local leaders
B gives only financial support to the farmers
C stays only in the village where the farmers live
D gives farmers all the equipment they need to work with
E supplies farmers with input only
Commodity boards were responsible for the marketing of the following crops except
A grains
B cocoa
C yams
D palm produce
E groundnut
The difference between the total assets and total liabilities of a farm enterprise within a specified period before taxation is known as
A net profit
B liability
C current asset
D gross profit
E networth
Farm financing may be obtained from the following except
A commercial banks
B agricultural insurance scheme
C mortgage banks
D agricultural and co-operative bank
E savings and thrift societies
When granting loans to farmers, the credit officer should consider mostly the
A age of the farmers
B consumption needs of the farmers
C family size of the farmers
D production and essential need of the farmers
E experience of the farmers
The following are functions of farm manager except
A planning farm programme of work
B co-ordinating the farm activities
C organising sales of farm products
D controlling farm workers
E planting crops and vegetables
Progeny selection involves selection of breeding stock on the basis of
A feed conversion efficiency of the parents
B sire-dam relationships
C merits of the dam only
D merits of each animal
E performance of offspring
An aquarium contains all the following except
A different types of fish
B pieces of broken wood
C clean sand
D supplementary feed
E submerged and floating plants
Night blindness in an animal is caused by a deficiency of
A vitamin A
B calcium
C vitamin B
D phosphurous
E vitamin E
In cattle, high fever and sudden death are symptoms of
A anthrax
B foot rot
C pneumonia
D bloat
E red water
The causal organism of mastitis in cattle is
A fungus
B bacterium
C virus
D protozoan
E worm
The effects of practicing rotational grazing in a livestock farm include the following except
A controlling livestock pests
B eliminating attack of livestock diseases
C allowing the regrowth of pasture crops
D increasing the amount of herbage yield
E maintaining steady increase in growth rate of animals
The main component of egg shell is
A nitrogen
B calcium
C sodium
D molybdenum
E zinc
Which of the following feed stuffs will not supply carbohydrate?
A maize
B guinea corn
C rice bran
D palm kernel cake
E bone meal
The proportion of the different types of feed given to an animal daily is known as
A concentrate
B additive
C supplement
D ration
E roughage
High fibre and low energy feeds are classified as
A basal feeds
B roughages
C supplements
D concentrates
E creep
Pigs are normally classified into the following group except
A weaners
B fatterners
C breeders
D boars
E piglets
Which of the following breeds of cattle is an imported breed?
A keteku
B N'dama
C white fulani
D sokoto gudali
E red bororo
Which of the following statement is not true about rearing livestock under the free range system?
A high risk of infestation of parasites
B high mortality rate in the young livestock
C adequate veterinary care
D loss of animals
E fending for themselves
New-born animals should be fed with colostrum because it
A is easily digested
B contains antiboies protecting them against diseases
C provides them permanent immunity gainst diseases
D is the first milk produced before birth
E contains food nutrients essential for the survival of the newborn
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