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Ansc 0350: Non Ruminant Husbandry Question Paper
Ansc 0350: Non Ruminant Husbandry
Course:Bachelor Of Science
Institution: Chuka University question papers
Exam Year:2013
CHUKA
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
THIRD YEAR EXAMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (WIEM)
ANSC 0350: NON RUMINANT HUSBANDRY
STREAMS: DIP. ANHE Y3S1 TIME: 2 HOURS
DAY/DATE: MONDAY 22/4/2013 11.30 AM – 1.30 PM
INSTRUCTIONS:
SECTION A: Answer ALL questions in this Section (40 Marks)
1. (a) Giving examples of farm animals where possible, describe what you understand
by the term Non-ruminant animals. [5 Marks]
(b) Outline five benefits and five challenges of keeping rabbits. [5 Marks]
2. (a) Explain and give an example, the meaning of “dual purpose” in relation to
chickens?
[1 Mark]
(b) What is the purpose of turning eggs in an incubator? [1 Mark]
(c) What is the main difference between Starter feed, Grower Feed and Layer Feed
for feeding chicks, pullets and laying hens? [1 Mark]
(d) How can one tell if baby chicks under a brooder stove or light have the proper temperature? [1 Mark]
(e) Below is a digestive system of poultry. Name and give the functions of parts 4,5.11,14. [4 Marks]
(f) Percentage fertility is the percentage of egg that are fertile and should be about 90-95% for a good flock. Describe two factors that influence fertility in poultry. [2 Marks]
3. (a) Animal shelter is critical in improving livestock productivity. List five important
factors to consider in livestock housing. [5 Marks]
(b) Reproduction contributes greatly to a successful pig enterprise. Enumerate on the
common preparations before farrowing. [5 Marks]
4. Give a scientific explanation for the following:
(a) The practice of housing a boar near sows and the double-serving of sows in pig
breeding enterprise. [1 Mark]
(b) Maintaining a constant temperature in a pig farrowing unit. [1 Mark]
(c) The practice in abbatoirs of fasting animals before slaughter and of allowing the
carcasses to hang for some days before sale. [2 Marks]
(d) The function of a gizzard in poultry. [1 Mark]
(e) Absconding in bees colonies. [1 Mark]
(f) Fill in the table below: [4 Marks]
Animal species Name any other ONE product Its use
Poultry Meat, Eggs, Manure,------------------------------------
Bees Honey, Wax, Propolis ------------------------------------
Rabbits Meat, Manure, ---------------------------------------------
Pigs Meat, Manure, ---------------------------------------------
SECTION B: Answer any two Questions in this Section. (30 Marks)
5. (a) Define apiculture. [1 Mark]
(b) Discuss the economic importance of apiculture in Kenya. [10 Marks]
(c) Differentiate the castes of bees shown below. [1 ½ Marks]
(d) Give two roles of A and three roles of B in a bee colony. [1 1/2 Marks]
6. You have been posted as an animal husbandry officer in one of the cosmopolitan
countries in Kenya. A community development partner is interested in supporting pig production in order to enhance food security, create employment and improve community members’ incomes. Briefly, advice by discussing on the following:
(a) Three routine management practices for piglets. [6 Marks]
(b) Three routine management practices for piglets. [6 Marks]
(c) Six challenges facing pig industry in the country. [3 Marks]
7. (a) Compare and contrast the extensive/free range system and the intensive system of
poultry production. [8 Marks]
(b) What do you understand by coprophagy/caecotrophy. [1 Mark]
(c) Mention four breeds of Rabbits in Kenya and explain the characteristics of any
two. [6 Marks]
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