WAEC Animal Husbandry 2016 past questions

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Ten questions from the 2016 WAEC Animal Husbandry paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 31 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.

WAEC Animal Husbandry 2016 questions and answers

1. 1.If 25kg feed was consumed by 10,000 birds in six hours, determine the quantity of feed required by the same number of birds in one week?
   1. A
      700kg
      Correct
   2. B
      4,200kg
   3. C
      100kg
   4. D
      175kg
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   Answer: A

   Step 1: Find the feed consumption rate per hour.
   25kg of feed was consumed in 6 hours, so the rate is 25 ÷ 6 kg per hour for the 10,000 birds.

   Step 2: Convert one week into hours.
   One week = 7 days × 24 hours = 168 hours.

   Step 3: Scale the feed to 168 hours.
   Quantity needed = (25 ÷ 6) × 168 = 25 × 28 = 700kg.

2. 2.The introduction of semen into the reproductive tract of female farm animals without copulation is called.
   1. A
      Embryo transfer
   2. B
      Oestrus synchronization
   3. C
      Superovulation
   4. D
      Artificial insemination
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   Artificial insemination is correct. It is the technique in which semen collected from a male animal is introduced mechanically (usually with a syringe or insemination gun) into the reproductive tract of a female animal, achieving fertilization without the male and female ever mating physically.

3. 3.The endoparasite that creates sores in the liver and lungs of farm animals as it bores through them is
   1. A
      Tapeworm (Taenia)
   2. B
      Liver fluke (Fasciola)
   3. C
      Roundworm (Ascaris)
      Correct
   4. D
      Hookworm (Ancylostoma)
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   Answer: C

   The roundworm (Ascaris) is correct.

   After an animal swallows Ascaris eggs, the larvae hatch in the intestine and do not settle there straight away. They bore through the gut wall into the blood vessels, travel to the liver (tearing tiny hemorrhagic tracks through the tissue, often seen as "milk spots" on the liver), then move on through the heart into the lungs, where they again bore through the air sacs and cause bleeding spots and coughing. Only after this damaging liver-to-lung journey are the larvae coughed up, swallowed again, and finally matured in the intestine.

4. 4.Which of the following statements about ovulation in rabbits is correct?
   1. A
      Ovulation is induced by the act of mating
      Correct
   2. B
      Ovulation occurs spontaneously every 21 days whether or not mating takes place
   3. C
      Ovulation occurs only once a year during a fixed breeding season
   4. D
      Ovulation always occurs before the doe accepts the buck for mating
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   Answer: A

   Rabbits are reflex (induced) ovulators. Unlike cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, which release eggs on their own as part of a regular oestrous cycle, the doe rabbit does not ovulate on a fixed schedule at all. Ovulation is triggered by the physical stimulus of mating (coitus) with the buck, and the egg is released roughly 10–13 hours after service.

5. 5.The true stomach of ruminants is called
   1. A
      Omasum
   2. B
      Reticulum
   3. C
      Rumen
   4. D
      Abomasum
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   The abomasum is the true stomach of ruminants. Ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats) have a four-chambered stomach, but only one of those chambers works the way a monogastric animal's stomach works — by secreting hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes (like pepsin) directly onto the feed to break it down chemically. That chamber is the abomasum, which is why it is called the "true" or glandular stomach.

6. 6.Forages harvested before flowering and conserved are characterized by
   1. A
      high lignin content and low palatability
   2. B
      high crude fibre content and low digestibility
   3. C
      high crude protein content and low crude fibre content
      Correct
   4. D
      high dry matter content and low moisture content
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   Answer: C

   Forage quality changes sharply with the plant's stage of maturity at the time of cutting. Before flowering (the vegetative stage), the plant is mostly leaf, its cell walls are not yet heavily lignified, and it is still soft and succulent.

7. 7.Which of the following effects is associated with high temperature brooding of chicks
   1. A
      The chicks develop pasted (sticky) vents
   2. B
      The chicks give out loud, continuous distress chirping
   3. C
      The chicks huddle closely together directly under the heat source
   4. D
      The chicks pant and spread out, moving as far away from the heat source as possible
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   Correct answer: the chicks pant and spread out, moving as far away from the heat source as possible.

8. 8.Pastures could be improved through
   1. A
      Bush burning
   2. B
      Continuous grazing
   3. C
      Overgrazing
   4. D
      Application of fertilizers
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   Application of fertilizers is a recognised way of improving pasture. Adding fertilizer (organic manure or inorganic/NPK) replenishes nutrients removed by grazing animals, boosts grass and legume growth, increases herbage yield, and improves the nutritive quality of the pasture for livestock.

   So among the options, only fertilizer application actively restores and enhances pasture productivity; the rest describe poor management that run pasture down.

9. 9.A disadvantage of prolonged inbreeding in farm animals it that it leads to
   1. A
      greater resistance to diseases
   2. B
      reduction in vigour of the offspring
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   3. C
      increase in hybrid vigour among offspring
   4. D
      increase in genetic variability within the herd
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   Answer: B

   Reduction in vigour of the offspring is correct.

   Inbreeding is the mating of closely related animals (e.g. sire to daughter, full siblings). Farmers use mild inbreeding to fix good traits and keep a breed pure, but when it is carried on for many generations, homozygosity rises sharply and harmful recessive genes that were hidden begin to show up in the offspring. This causes inbreeding depression: the animals become weaker, grow more slowly, reproduce less successfully, and generally lose productive vigour.

10. 10.Which of the following farm animals is a monogastric?
    1. A
       Sheep
    2. B
       Cattle
    3. C
       Goat
    4. D
       Pig
       Correct
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    Answer: D

    Pig is the monogastric farm animal among the options.

    A monogastric animal has a simple, single-compartment stomach that digests feed mainly by enzymatic action, without microbial fermentation in separate stomach chambers. Farm animals with this type of digestive system include the pig, horse, rabbit and poultry.

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