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An animal infected by trypanosomiasis usually develops
A bloat and diarhoea
B sore legs and running nose
C anaemia and swollen lymph gland
D swollen legs and constipation
A protozoon organism causes
A coccidiosis
B anthrax
C rinderpest
D apergillosis
The following are signs of ill-health in farm animals except
A watery faeces
B bright eyes
C loss of appetite
D nasal discharge
Mastitis is a disease which affects the
A scrotum
B udder
C dewlap
D hump
An indication that chicks are comfortable in a brooder is that they
A move away from the source of heat
B pant and sit with their mouths open
C spread themselves uniformly under the hover
D huddle together
When an animal eats wood and licks iron railing instead of the diet given to it, it is likely that the
A animal is on heat
B amnient temperature is too high
C diet is deficient in essential elements
D animal has a pathological disease problem
Which of the following feedstuffs does not contain phosphorous?
A blood meal
B limestone
C fish meal
D oyster shell
The most important reason for low livestock population in the rain forest zone is the
A fast rate at which pasture crops become fibrous
B shortage of forage crops during the long dry season
C growth and proliferation of pathogens
D thick vegetation cover which impedes animal movement
An accessory sex gland in a bull is
A prostate gland
B pituitary gland
C thyroid gland
D pancreatic gland
Mulching
A reduces evaporation of soil water
B increases soil acidity
C prevents seedling diseases
D improves soil texture
When a farmland is heavily infested with striga, it may be concluded that the farmland
A is undergoing drainage
B had not ben regularly irrigated
C may have been used for growing guinea corn
D may have been used for cowpea production
Weed plants which grow on other plants without deriving nutrients from them are called
A sedged
B epiphytes
C decomposers
D saprophytes
The following problems are likely to be caused by insects except
A loss of leaves of crop plants
B rottening of cobs in storage
C transmission of viral diseases
D reduction of grains in storage to powder
Viral diseases of crop plants are best controlled by
A planting resistant varieties
B applying fungicides
C aplying insecticides
D flooding farmlands
Most viral diseases of plants are transmitted by
A wind
B rain
C insects
D rodents
Streak disease of crop commonly attacks
A millet
B sorghum
C maize
D rice
Selective exploitation means felling trees of
A different ages and girths
B specific ages and girths
C different girths and same species
D different girths and different species
Which of the following factors does not affect the distribution of pasture grasses?
A wind
B temperature
C soil
D pests
Some cassava tubers are poisonous to non-ruminant because they contain
A hydrochloric acid
B hydrocyanic acid
C sodium chloride
D sodium hydroxide
Transplanting is best carried out in the evening because
A it allows for greater plant respiration
B roots show positive geotropism
C moisture losses are low during cold waether
D plnts grow faster in the dark
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