JAMB Agricultural Science questions: Animal reproduction and nutrition

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1. Question 1· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   The gestation period of a sow is about

   • A114 days
   • B21 days
   • C150 days
   • D283 days

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2. Question 2· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   The incubation period of chicken eggs is

   • A14 days
   • B21 days
   • C28 days
   • D35 days

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3. Question 3· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   The process of giving birth in pigs is called

   • Afarrowing
   • Bkidding
   • Ccalving
   • Dlambing

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4. Question 4· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   The oestrous cycle of a cow lasts about

   • A60 days
   • B7 days
   • C114 days
   • D21 days

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5. Question 5· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   A feed that supplies all the nutrients an animal needs in the right proportions is a

   • Aroughage
   • Bconcentrate
   • Csupplement
   • Dbalanced ration

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6. Question 6· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   Flushing in livestock management means

   • Agiving extra feed to females before mating
   • Bwashing animals
   • Cremoving parasites
   • Dcastration

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7. Question 7· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   Colostrum is important for newborn animals because it

   • Acontains antibodies that protect them against disease
   • Bhas no nutrients
   • Conly makes them fat
   • Dstops milk production

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8. Question 8· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   Which of these feeds is a carbohydrate concentrate for livestock?

   • AMaize grain
   • BFish meal
   • CGroundnut cake
   • DBone meal

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9. Question 9· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   The gestation period of a cow is about

   • A114 days
   • B283 days
   • C150 days
   • D21 days

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10. Question 10· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Green fodder preserved by fermentation under airtight conditions is called

    • Ahay
    • Bsilage
    • Cconcentrate
    • Dmineral lick

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11. Question 11· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Piglets raised on concrete floors without iron supplements often suffer from

    • Arickets
    • Banaemia
    • Cgoitre
    • Dmilk fever

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12. Question 12· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Steaming up in dairy cattle refers to

    • Adipping
    • Bremoving milk
    • Ccastration
    • Dextra feeding in late pregnancy

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13. Question 13· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    A maintenance ration is fed to an animal to

    • Aprepare it for slaughter only
    • Bmake it fat quickly
    • Cincrease milk greatly
    • Dkeep it alive without gaining or losing weight

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14. Question 14· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    A shortage of calcium in the diet of laying hens leads to

    • Alarger eggs
    • Bmore eggs
    • Cthin-shelled eggs
    • Dfeather loss only

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15. Question 15· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Flushing in livestock means

    • Acastration
    • Bremoving parasites
    • Cwashing animals
    • Dgiving extra feed to females before mating to improve fertility

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16. Question 16· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    The act of giving birth in goats is called

    • Alambing
    • Bfarrowing
    • Ccalving
    • Dkidding

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17. Question 17· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Artificial insemination helps farmers to

    • Astop breeding
    • Bavoid feeding animals
    • Cincrease disease
    • Duse semen from superior males widely

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18. Question 18· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    In the hen, eggs are produced by the

    • Agizzard
    • Bovary
    • Ccrop
    • Dcaecum

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19. Question 19· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Green fodder preserved by fermentation in an airtight pit is called

    • Aconcentrate
    • Bhay
    • Csilage
    • Da mineral lick

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20. Question 20· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Grass cut and dried for feeding animals later is called

    • Asilage
    • Bhay
    • Cpasture
    • Dbran

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