WAEC Agricultural Science questions: Animal reproduction and nutrition

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1. Question 1· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Milk produced by a cow in the first few days after calving is

   • Awhey
   • Bskimmed milk
   • Cbutter
   • Dcolostrum

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2. Question 2· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Which feed is rich in protein for livestock?

   • Ayam peel
   • Bmaize
   • Ccassava peel
   • Dgroundnut cake

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3. Question 3· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Stylosanthes is grown on farms as

   • Aa beverage crop
   • Ba weed
   • Ca fibre crop
   • Da legume forage crop for livestock

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4. Question 4· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Fish meal in poultry feed supplies mainly

   • Aprotein
   • Bfibre
   • Cfat only
   • Dwater

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5. Question 5· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Crossbreeding in livestock means

   • Acastration
   • Bmating closely related animals
   • Cmating animals of different breeds
   • Dculling

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6. Question 6· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   A doe (female rabbit) gives birth after a gestation period of about

   • A150 days
   • B114 days
   • C31 days
   • D283 days

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7. Question 7· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   A feed that is rich in protein is

   • Arice bran
   • Bmaize
   • Ccassava peel
   • Dgroundnut cake

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8. Question 8· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Vitamins and minerals are added to livestock feed as

   • Apremixes or supplements
   • Broughage
   • Cwater
   • Dbedding

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9. Question 9· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Artificial insemination is the

   • Anatural mating of animals
   • Bintroduction of semen into the female by artificial means
   • Cfeeding of young animals
   • Dcastration of males

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10. Question 10· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    A cow is said to be on heat when it

    • Aproduces milk
    • Bgives birth
    • Cis ready to accept the male
    • Dis pregnant

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11. Question 11· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    A balanced ration for animals contains

    • Aonly water
    • Bonly carbohydrates
    • Call nutrients in the right proportions
    • Donly minerals

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12. Question 12· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    Roughages are feeds that are

    • Ahigh in protein only
    • Bhigh in fibre
    • Crich in minerals only
    • Dliquid

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13. Question 13· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    Artificial insemination involves

    • Acloning embryos
    • Bnatural mating
    • Cplacing collected semen into the female's reproductive tract
    • Dcastration

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14. Question 14· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    The period between mating and birth in an animal is the

    • Aweaning period
    • Boestrous cycle
    • Clactation period
    • Dgestation period

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15. Question 15· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    A balanced ration contains

    • Awater only
    • Bonly carbohydrates
    • Conly protein
    • Dall the nutrients an animal needs in the right proportions

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16. Question 16· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    Chicken eggs hatch after an incubation period of about

    • A90 days
    • B7 days
    • C42 days
    • D21 days

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17. Question 17· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    Inbreeding in livestock can lead to

    • Adisease resistance
    • Bmore vigour always
    • Clarger litters always
    • Dthe appearance of harmful recessive traits

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18. Question 18· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    The gestation period of a goat is about

    • A1 month
    • B9 months
    • C5 months
    • D12 months

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