Below is an illustration of a practice carried out in livestock production. Study it carefully and answer the following questions:

      

Below is an illustration of a practice carried out in livestock production. Study it carefully and answer the following questions:

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(i) Identify the practice illustrated above.

(ii) Study four advantages of the above practice.

(iii) State three limitations associated with the above practice.

  

Answers


Martin
(i) Artificial Insemination (AI).

(ii)
- Eliminates costs of rearing a bull.
- Controls breeding diseases.
- Controls inbreeding
- Semen from superior bulls can be stored and used for long even after bull dies.
- Small females can be served without injury by large bulls.
- Used in research work.

(iii)
- Require skilled personnel.
- Expensive compared to natural.
- Undesirable traits of the male may spread easily.
- May lead to inbreeding incase one bull is used for long in one area.
- Its labour intensive.
- If semen is poorly stored, may not be effective.
marto answered the question on November 6, 2019 at 11:40


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