Animal Husbandry 2021 Waec Past Questions and Answers

Question 41 :

• WAEC 2021

(a) State 6 activities that could be carried out in the brooding of chicks
(b) Explain each of the following management practices in poultry production
i. deworming
ii. culling
iii. debeaking
iv. delousing
(c) State four signs of ill health in poultry
(d) Mention to organs in the circulatory system of farm animals

Question 42 :

• WAEC 2021

(a) Complete the table below on forage crops

Botanical name	Common name	Types of forage
Pennisetum purpureum	(i)	Grass
Calopogonium mucunoides	(ii)	(iii)
(iv)	stylo	(v)
Panicum maxinium	(vi)	(vii)
Mucuna utilis	(viii)	Legume

(b)i. Define the term pasture
ii. State four ways in which grass-legume mixture is important in livestock production
(c) State six characteristics of rangelands

Question 43 :

• WAEC 2021

(a) Mention five ways of preventing malnutrition in farm animals.
(b) Discuss rickets in farm animals stating two points each under the following headings.
(i) causes:
(ii) symptoms:
(iii) control measures
(iv) animals which could be affected
(c) Explain the term additive as used in animal nutrition
(d) State five reasons why additives are included in animal feed

Question 44 :

• WAEC 2021

(a) State four ways in which livestock 1s important
(b)i. Mention sIx organs associated with the digestive system in rabbits.
(ii) State two functions of the alimentary canal in livestock
(c)i. State lour functions of the liver in farm animals
(ii) Mention two parasites that could be found in the liver of cattle
(d) State two differences between the digestive s systems of a goat and a rabbit

Question 45 :

• WAEC 2021

(a) Explain each of the following terms as used in the slaughtering of farm animals:
(i) scalding
(ii) singeing:
(iii) evisceration.
(b) Name four agents involved in the marketing of farm animals and animal products
(c) State five marketing functions that could be performed to facilitate the sale of chicken and eggs.
(d) Name three stages in the life cycle of a roundworm.
(e) Mention two methods of animal improvement.