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Ans0230:Non Ruminant Production Question Paper

Ans0230:Non Ruminant Production

Course:Diploma In Agriculture

Institution: Meru University Of Science And Technology question papers

Exam Year:2012

QUESTION ONE – 30 MARKS
(a) Discuss 5 reasons for low productivity of local chicken. (10Marks) (b) Outline 3 factors which may lead to low production of Honey. (3Marks) (c) Explain 5 important activities to pay attention to during brooding. (5Marks) (d) Name 5 challenges limiting pig production in Kenya. (5Marks) (e) Give 3 reasons why rabbit production is increasing in Kenya. (2Marks) (f) Name 3 ways of preserving fish by the rural communities without electricity (3Marks) (g) Name 2 Honey qualities. (2Marks)
QUESTION TWO – 15 MARKS
(a) Name 5 disease carriers in poultry. (5Marks) (b) Name 5 pests which attach bees. (5Marks) (c) Name 2 pests which attach pigs. (2Marks) (d) Name 3 members of a bee-colony. (3Marks)
QUESTION THREE – 15MARKS
(a) Outline 7 challenges facing the fish production. (7Marks) (b) Name 2 roles of the queen in the hive. (2Marks) (c) Name 2 pests in Poultry. (2Marks) (d) Give 2 reasons for the recent attention given to stingless bees. (4Marks)
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QUESTION FOUR – 15 MARKS
(a) Name 5 activities undertaken by worker bees in the hive. (5Marks) (b) Name 2 ways of managing piglets after the death of their mother. (2Marks) (c) Name 4 problems encountered when rearing pigs at the farm level. (4Marks) (d) Name 2 common types of bees. (2Marks) (e) Explain 2 reasons why drones cannot survive on their own out of the hive for long. (2Marks)
QUESTION FIVE – 15 MARKS
(a) Define the following terms: (5Marks) (i) Boar – taint (ii) Pullet (iii)Culling (iv) Buck (v) Gilt (b) Name 3 signs of heat in sows. (3Marks) (c) Give the limitation of the following managerial practices (4Marks) (i) Swill as a feed source in pigs (ii) Use of the soil as iron supplement in piglets (iii)Feeding layers with grains (iv) Grazing of pigs (d) List 3 examples of avians classified as poultry. (3Marks)

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