Earlyface

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ESSAY
ANIMALS-ANSWERS
(3c)
Addictives are substances added to food to maintain or improve its taste, freshness, texture, appearance and for extra nutrients

(3d)
(i) To control pathogens in animal guts
(ii) To enrich animal feeds
(iii) For preservation
(iv) To help in easy digestibility
(v) To control acid-base balance of feeds
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(4a)
(i) It serves as a source of income
(ii) It generates high-quality food products such as meat, egg, milk, cheese
(iii) It generates employment opportunities
(iv) It can help a country to generate foreign exchange earnings through the export of livestock products.

(4bi)
(i) Mouth
(ii) Vestibule
(iii) Oesophagus
(iv) Stomach
(v) Small intestine
(vi) Caecum

(4bii)
(i) It helps in absortption of food eg: Small intestine
(ii) It helps in secretion of digestve enzymes

(4ci)
(i) Liver helps with bile production
(ii) Excretion of bilirubin, cholesterol and hormones
(iii) Metabolism of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates.
(iv) It helps in enzyme activation.

(4cii)
(i) Liver fluke
(ii) Schistosoma

(4d)
(i) Goat has four-compartment stomach while rabbits have a monogastric digestive system
(ii) Goat posseses reticulum while it is absence in a rabbit
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(5a)
(I) Scalding is the process of treating carcass with hot water or steam for efficient removal of the bristles or feathers by the dehairer/defeatherer.

(II) Singeing of slaughtered animals is a major process by which fur on the skin of the animals are removed making the hide of the carcass.

(III) Evisceration is a method of autotomy involving the ejection of internal organs used by animals as a defensive strategy.

(5b)
(I) Media/advertiser
(II) Producer
(III) Wholesaler
(IV) Importers

(5c)
(I) Know and Acquaint
(II) Yourself With Prospects.
(III) Target the Festive Seasons.
(IV) Leverage on the Power of Networking.
(V) Tell the World via Social Media.

(5d)
(I)Dung stage
(II)Pasture stage
(III)Host stage

(5e)
(I) Introduction
(II) Selection
(Choose any two)
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(6a) brooding refers to an area of land covered with forage grasses and legumes which are deliberately planted by man.
6b)
(i) extend the growing season of a pasture
(ii) increase the organic matter content of the soil over time because of grass root systems
(iii) reduce weed encroachment
(iv) reduce erosion
(v) produce higher yields
(vi) improve the palatability
(6ci)
(Choose any three)
(i) village systems
(ii) extensive systems
(iii) semi-intensive systems
(iv) very intensive
(v) integration