Practice Animal Husbandry Questions and Answers

• What temperature and time combination is used for High Temperature Short Time (HTST) pasteurization of milk?
• Which hormone is primarily responsible for inducing broodiness in hens during natural incubation?
• Chickens have one of the most efficient digestive systems in the animal kingdom, which one is known as true stomach?
• Which vitamin deficiency results in a condition known as 'crazy chick disease' or encephalomalacia (softening of the brain)?
• Which one is the American type breed of poultry?
• In which housing system, repeated spreading of straw or sawdust material in indoor booths. An initial layer of litter is spread for the animals to use f...
• Curly toe paralysis presents as inward curling of the toes on the chicken's feet, which impairs their ability to walk. Curly toe paralysis is caused by def...
• Which disease primarily affects the upper respiratory tract with sero mucoid nasal and ocular discharges in chickens?
• What causes Milk Fever (parturient paresis) in cows soon after calving?
• A selective form of breeding in which the sire and dam are related which some refer to as a mild form of inbreeding is called:
• Which system of management for small ruminants involves grazing on natural bushes, shrubs, and pasture land after harvesting, but has limitations in terms ...
• Abortion in the gestation period is a common symptom of which diseases?
• How long does the gestation period (pregnancy) typically last in rabbits?
• What is the recommended period for the dry period in pregnant animals?
• What disease significantly affects the respiratory system of young chicks under 6 weeks old, potentially leading to egg quality issues and decreased egg pr...
• Which part of the cattle body contains mammary glands and is an indicator of milk production capacity?
• Feed additives have been used for animals which include fungal and bacterial cultures from both ruminal and non-ruminal sources are called?
• The costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered are called ____
• A chicken of 8-10 weeks of age, 1.5 to 2kg weight which is fed so as to utilize it for soft, tender meat is known as___
• Which technique is used to preserve bull semen at ultra-low temperature in liquid nitrogen for long-term use in artificial insemination?
• Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), often called sheep and goat plague, is caused by a virus belonging to which genus?
• In dairy cattle nutrition, a deficiency of which trace mineral is most commonly associated with the birth of weak or dead calves, retained placenta and red...
• Which reproductive technology allows several genetically superior embryos to be collected from a single high-yielding donor cow, after hormonally inducing ...
• Which vitamin deficiency in poultry causes curled-toe paralysis in young chicks, a condition marked by inward curling of the toes, leg weakness and an inab...
• Which milk adulteration test relies on layering a mixture of sulphuric acid and ferric chloride beneath a milk sample, so that a violet-blue ring forms at ...
• Which method of selecting a dairy bull evaluates its genetic merit for milk production by comparing the actual milk yield records of its daughters, since t...
• Colostrum, the first milk secreted by a mammal immediately after calving, is especially important for newborn calves mainly because it is rich in:
• In dairy cattle, the 'dry period' is the interval between the end of lactation, when milking is stopped, and the next calving, allowing the udder tissue to...
• Which poultry housing system keeps laying birds confined in individual wire cages arranged in tiers, mainly to improve feed efficiency, keep eggs cleaner, ...
• Mastitis, one of the most economically damaging diseases in dairy cattle, causes reduced milk yield and affects milk quality. It refers to inflammation of ...
• In broiler poultry farming, which feeding strategy is typically followed to maximise growth rate and feed conversion efficiency within the short rearing pe...
• Dehorning of cattle, generally carried out at a young age using methods such as caustic paste or a hot iron, is mainly practised for which of the following...
• Which term refers to the visible external signs shown by a female animal, such as restlessness, mounting behaviour and mucus discharge, indicating that she...
• Which hormone, released from the posterior pituitary gland in response to suckling or the tactile stimulus of milking, causes contraction of the myoepithel...
• In poultry, sex-linked traits used for auto-sexing day-old chicks, such as down colour or feather growth rate, are governed by genes carried on which chrom...
• A pig farmer records that the intact adult male pig used for breeding is called a 'boar', while the adult female is called a 'sow'. What is the specific te...
• In horse breeding terminology, the intact adult male horse used for breeding is called a 'stallion', and the adult female is called a 'mare'. What is the c...
• A sheep farmer maintains a flock in which the intact adult male used for breeding is called a 'ram' and the adult female is called a 'ewe'. What is the cor...
• A goat farmer records that the adult male goat used for breeding is called a 'buck' (or 'billy'), while the adult female is called a 'doe' (or 'nanny'). Wh...
• A dairy farmer maintains a mixed herd of cattle and buffalo on his farm. He explains to a new worker that the general term used for an adult female bovine ...