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(a) Describe the procedure for collecting semen from a proven sire (b) Give seven management practices carried out in a crush (c) Explain the various methods of controlling diseases on...

      

a) Describe the procedure for collecting semen from a proven sire
b) Give seven management practices carried out in a crush
c) Explain the various methods of controlling diseases on the farm

  

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Dominic
(a)
• A cow is restrained in a crush
• A bull is brought to the teaser cow
• The bull mounts the cow and directs the penis to the vulva
• The farmer grabs the penis immediately and directs it into the artificial vagina
• The bull ejaculates into the artificial vagina and semen is collected
(b)
• Spraying livestock against external parasites
• Identifying animals
• Vaccination of animals
• Administration of prophylactic drugs to livestock
• Treating sick animals
• Dehorning
• Pregnancy test
• Artificial insemination
• Taking body temperatures
• Hoof trimming
• Milking
• Collection of semen (7x1 = 7mks)
c)
• Proper feeding and nutrition
- It avoids deficiency diseases and makes animal strong and able to resist disease
- A balanced diet prevents nutritional or metabolic disorders and ensures vigour and greater resistance to disease

• Proper breeding and selection
- Healthy animals should be selected for breeding
- Animals that are susceptible to diseases should be culled
- Appropriate breeding policies and programmes should be employed to avoid transmission of congenital diseases

• Proper housing and hygiene
- Houses should be constructed such that they meet the necessary requirements for particular animals
- Livestock houses should be regularly cleaned and disinfected
• Isolation of sick animals
- Sick animals should be separated and confined in their own structures for treatment to avoid the spread of diseases
• Imposition of quarantine
- In the event of an outbreak of a notifiable disease, movement of animals and their products from and into the area with the outbreak should be restricted

• Taking prophylactic measures
- Use of prophylactic drugs
- Carrying out vaccination
- Control of vectors
- Treatment of sick animals
• Slaughtering of affected animals
- Animals attacked by highly infectious and contagious should be killed and disposed off by burning or burying 6 feet under

• Use of antiseptics and disinfectants kill disease causing organisms thereby preventing disease attack (8x1 = 8mks)



Dominic Onsase answered the question on March 5, 2018 at 14:58


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