Comprehensive Resources for Agriculture: Topical Questions, Past Papers, and Answers
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Give four features of housing that help to control livestock diseasesGive four features of housing that help to control livestock diseases. (2marks)
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Name two forms in which tapeworms are found in livestock Name two forms in which tapeworms are found in livestock (1mark)
Name four disorders in livestock caused by the lack of mineral nutrientsName four disorders in livestock caused by the lack of mineral nutrients (2marks)
The illustration below shows a cow suffering from a disease.Study it and answer the questions that follow.a) Identify the disease. (1mk)
Milk fever
b) State the cause of the disease illustrated above. (1mk)
Low level of calcium in the blood.
c) Give three symptoms of the disease the animal is suffering from. (3mks)
a) State and explain any five pre-disposing factors of livestock diseases. (10mks)
b) State six differences between digestion in Ruminants and non-ruminants. (6mks)Ruminants
Non-ruminants
c) Using the Pearsons square method, compute a 300kg ration with 25% DCP from wheat which contains 15% DCP and sunflower seedcake containing 30% DCP. (4mks)
a) Describe trypanosomiasis (nagana) under the following sub headings.
b) State six structural requirements of a calf pen. (6mks)
c) State four main components of a tractor fuel system and a function for each. (4mks)
Give two ways in which proper nutrition helps to control livestock diseases. (1mk)
Name two types of bacterial diseases in cattle that are controlled by the administration of blanthax vaccine.
(a) Describe mastitis disease in dairy cattle under the following sub-headings:(i) Casual organisms (1mk)
(ii) Predisposing factors (7mks)
(iii) Symptoms (4mks)
(iv) Control measures (8mks)
List four cattle diseases caused by virus (2mks)
Give two causes of soft shells in eggs (1mk)
What is the intermediate host for liver fluke? (1mk)Fresh water snail/limneas species / water snail /mud snail.
Give two predisposing factors to foot-rot diseases in sheep (2mks)
Give two ways of controlling pneumonia in calves (2mks)
Ways of controlling pneumonia.
State two Predisposing factors of pneumonia in calves (2mks)
Predisposing factors of pneumonia.
Describe cattle management at dipping. (8 marks)
a) Identify i) The disease (1 mark) …………………………… ii) The causal organism (1 mark) ……………………………… b) Apart from lesions, state two other symptoms of the disease. (2 marks) ……………………………………… c) State two control measures of the disease. (2 marks) …………………………………………… a)
Milk fever is a metabolic disorder caused by insufficient calcium, commonly occurring around calving. Milk fever, or hypocalcaemia, is when the dairy cow has lowered levels of blood calcium. Give four symptoms of milk fever. (2 marks)
State two methods of controlling milk fever
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