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Agriculture for Secondary Schools
18. In the cattle pen, the facility given for parturition is called __________
(a) isolation box.
(b) calving box.
(c) nursing box.
(d) weaning box.
(e) calf pen.
19. An intensive system of chicken farming is practised for __________
(a) all types of chicken.
(b) local breeds of chicken.
(c) dual purpose poultry.
(d) all types of chicken except local and dual-purpose poultry.
(e) broilers and ducks.
20. A slatted floor house is the type of house in which sheep and goat are __________
(a) raised in concrete ground floor.
(b) raised in an earthen ground floor.
(c) raised in a platform.
(d) raised in kraal.
(e) raised in a house provided with a run.
Section B
Write the word TRUE for the true statement and the word FALSE for the false
statement.
1. Liver flukes in farm animals cause a disease called liver cirrhosis. _____
2. The meat obtained from goats is called mutton. _____
3. The incubation period of ostrich is 32 days. _____
4. Digestion is the process of breaking down feedstuffs to release nutrients in the
body. _____
5. Proteins are compounds which are formed by joining several molecules of
amino acids by hydrogen bonds. _____
6. Chalaza in chicken is an organ that engulfs the ovulated yolk. _____
7. In fish pond construction, the preferred soils are clay, silt clay and clay loam.
_____
8. Beef cattle can be stunned by the use of electrical stunning or mechanical
stunning. _____
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