Practice Animal Husbandry Questions and Answers

• 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 ...
• During a farm visit, an animal husbandry officer explains to a group of trainee farmers that male buffaloes castrated at a young age and reared specificall...
• Which biotechnological technique, involving the transfer of a nucleus from a somatic (body) cell of a donor animal into an enucleated oocyte, was used to p...
• In poultry nutrition, which anti-nutritional factor present in raw soybean meal inhibits the activity of trypsin, a digestive enzyme, thereby reducing prot...
• Which reproductive technology allows the sex of a calf to be predetermined with high accuracy before insemination, by using flow cytometry to separate X-ch...
• Which metabolic disorder in high-yielding dairy cows, occurring typically around the time of calving, results from a sudden, severe drop in blood calcium l...
• Which exotic cattle breed is known for the highest average milk yield among dairy breeds worldwide and is most commonly used in crossbreeding programmes wi...
• In dairy science, the lactation curve represents the relationship between milk yield and time after calving. The typical lactation curve of a dairy animal ...
• A livestock farmer observes abortion, infertility and reduced reproductive efficiency in cattle. Laboratory testing confirms a bacterial disease transmitte...
• Which backyard poultry breed, developed in India for rural conditions, is a dual-purpose (meat and egg) bird known for its multi-coloured plumage, good dis...
• Which centrally sponsored scheme focuses on the conservation and genetic upgradation of indigenous cattle and buffalo breeds through the use of high geneti...
• Buffalo milk contains approximately what percentage of milk fat, which is notably higher than the roughly 4% found in cow milk, making it particularly suit...
• The term "somatic cell count" in dairy science is commonly used as an indicator of udder health. A sudden increase in somatic cell count in milk generally ...
• Assertion (A): Crossbreeding of indigenous cattle with exotic breeds such as Holstein Friesian and Jersey has significantly increased milk yield in India. ...
• Which indigenous cattle breed, native to Rajasthan and known for its exceptional heat and drought tolerance as well as high resistance to common cattle dis...
• The gestation period of Indian cattle typically ranges between 279 and 292 days. Which hormone, secreted mainly by the corpus luteum, is primarily responsi...
• Which sheep breed, reared mainly in Himachal Pradesh and known for producing fine wool used in making the famous Kullu shawls, is well adapted to the cold,...
• In animal husbandry, different terms are used to describe animals based on their age, sex, and reproductive status. A farmer reports that a young female bo...