2024 WAEC ANIMAL H: 2024 WAEC Animal Husbandry Midnight Questions and Answers (5307)

(1ai)

(1aii)
(i) Moist location
(ii) Wind-free
(iii) Loamy soil
(iv) Mosquito net

(1aiii)
(i) Mice
(ii) Squirrels
(iii) Toad

(1b)
(i) Sheep nose bot flies
(ii) Fleece worms
(iii) Sheep scale

(1c)
(i) Proper medication
(ii) Provision of good shelter
(iii) Availability of water
(iv) Use of machinery and technology

(2ai)
(PICK ANY THREE)
(i) Breeds which are not originally present in the home country are introduced
(ii) It enhance greater productivity
(iii) It leads to the absence of pests and diseases
(iv) Breeds may perform better in terms of quality and quantity if they are able to adapt to the local environment.

(2aii)
(PICK ANY THREE)
(i) selection is tedious and time consuming
(ii) It is very costly in terms of time and money
(iii) It requires expertise which may not be readily available
(iv) It bring about elimination or exclusion of some desirable traits of some parent stock
(v) No new desirable characteristics are introduced

(2b)
(i) Mass selection
(ii) Progeny selection
(iii) Family selection
(iv) pedigree selection

(2c)
(PICK ANY FOUR)
(i) Body conformation.
(ii) Fertility/breeding ability.
(iii) Adaptability of the breed to the area/hardiness.
(iv) Mothering ability in case of females.
(v) Production potentially yielding capacity.
(vi) Temperament/behaviour, for example: cannibalism egg eating
(vii) Offspring performance.
(viii) Age of animal.
(ix) Growth rate.
(x) Disease resistance

(2d)
(PICK ANY SIX)
(i) A good layer has a broad and square head
(ii) It has a short break
(iii) It has a bright and bulging eyes
(iv) It possesses a smooth and lean face
(v) It has a large but thin comb
(vi) It has bright red comb and wattles
(vii) It has soft and pliable abdomen
(viii) There is absence of broodiness
(ix) It posseses a glossy plumage
(x) It must have a short clutch
(xi) It possesses a wide, moist cloaca
(xii) It has pale coloured shanks

(4a)
Malnutrition is the condition in which an animal shows evidence of nutritional deficiency as a result of improper feeding. It occurs when an animal takes in an insufficient quantity of feed.

(4b)
(i) Lethargy
(ii) Weakness
(iii) Incoordination
(iv) Depression
(v) Blindness

(4c)
(i) Making hay and pellets for mosy of their diets
(ii) Giving proteonous and fiber contained diets
(iii) Avoiding sugar, seeds, fruits or nuts
(iv) Provision of fresh and clean water daily
(v) Avoiding sudden change of diet.

(4di)
(i) Tibers like cassava
(ii) Forage grasses like hay and silage

(4dii)
(i) Groundnut cake
(ii) Palm kernel cake

(4diii)
(i) Groundnut cake
(ii) Palm kernel cake

(4div)
(i) Bone meal
(ii) Phosphate

(5ai)

(i) Lungs

(ii) Heart

(iii) Trachea

(5aii)

(i) Stomach

(ii) Intestines

(iii) Liver

(5bi)

(i) Mortality record

(ii) Feed consumption record

(iii) Egg collection records

(iv) Age in lay

(5bii)

(i) It serves as a means for monitoring and evaluating the farm for profit or loss.

(ii) For efficient management

(iii) It enables tax inspectors to accurately access the farm and know the total tax payable.

(iv) For future planning

(5ci)

(i) Consumption of feeds

(ii) Preying on farm animals

(iii) Destroying plastic equipments

(5cii)

(i) Use of snap traps

(ii) Use of glue boards

(iii) Use of rodenticides

(6a)
(i)It reduces in size
(ii)It becomes dehydrated
(iii)It changes in colour

(6b)
WEEDING:
-To prevent sharing of nutrients with pasture
-To prevent their intake during grazing
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CONTROL BURNING:
-To prevent erosion
-To prevent the killing of soil micro-organisms/microbes
-To reduce infestation by insects
-It can help rejuvenate dying pasture
-It sanitizes pasture

IRRIGATION:
-To provide pasture all through the year
-To prevent poor growth of pasture
-To prevent drought on pasture land

FERTILIZER APPLICATION:
-To enhance adequate 'copied from e x a m p l a z a . c o m free' growth of pasture
-To make the pasture become flourished
-To increase yield of pasture

LIMING:
-To adjust PH level of the soil
-To improve soil structure
-Increase rates of infiltration
-Increase nutrient availability