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Kap 102: Introduction To Animal Health Management Question Paper

Kap 102: Introduction To Animal Health Management

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Animal Health And Production

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT
KAP 102:
INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT
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DATE: THURSDAY 31ST MARCH 2011
TIME: 8.00 A.M. - 10.00 A.M.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer Question ONE and any other THREE questions
Q1. (a)
State four (4) environmental factors which play a role in initiating disease in a

herd of animals

(4 marks).

(b)
List 3 steps that an agent must go through to perpetuate disease in a herd

(3 marks).

(c)
(i)
State five (5) ways in which a disease agent can exit the body and

enter another animal

(5 marks)

(ii)
For each means of exit stated in Q1c i. above explain the management

technique (s) that can be used to minimize transmission to another

animal

(5 marks).

(d)
Explain the term ‘The hosts third line of defense’

(2 marks)

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(e)
Differentiate between the following

i)
IgG and IgM
ii)
IgA and IgE

(4 marks)

(f)
State the functions of macrophages

(2 marks)

Q2
(a)
Explain the importance of feeding colostrum to calves

(5 marks)

(b)
Metabolic disease can be caused by overfeeding (fat animals) as well as

underfeeding animals. Discuss

(5 marks)

(c )
The leaner the cow, the more rapidly she will begin to cycle after parturition

and the more quickly she can be rebred. Discuss

(5 marks).

Q3
(a).
State and explain the roles played by any three (3) short chain fatty acids in

dairy cows

(6 marks).

(b)
Name the two major types of mastitis seen in dairy herds and explain how

they can be controlled

(4 marks)

(c)
State two environmental factors that contribute to

(i) Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD)

(2 marks)

(ii) Reproductive problems in ruminants

(2 marks)

(d)
Name an agent which is spread in cat feces and can cause reproductive

problems in a number of animal species as well as man?
(1 mark)

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Q4
a)
i)
State the agent which is responsible for causing foot and mouth

disease in cattle?

(1 mark)

ii)
Describe the measures that must be taken when the disease is reported

in a herd

(5 marks)

c)
Name the three status describing if a country is infected with of foot and

mouth disease

(3 marks)

d)
(i)
Name the types of animals that can be infected with foot and mouth

disease

(3 marks)

(ii)
Explain how the infection in (i) above occurs

(3 marks)

Q5
(a)
Describe the predisposing conditions for laminitis in a horse
(2 marks)

(b)
Explain how laminitis can be prevented and treated in horses
(5 marks)

(c)
Outline five (5) means by which disease is transmitted from animal to animal

in a swine breeding herd

(5 marks)

(e)
List three management practices of a female swine that would maximize

reproductive performance

(3 marks)

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