ZOOTECHNIC PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. In heat:
a. Anestrous
9. Which of the following feed ingredients has
b. Estrous
the highest CP content?
c. Metestrous
a. Tuyo
d. Monoestrous
b. Dilis
c. Daing
d. Shrimp
2. This breed of cattle is compose of 5/8
shorthorn and 3/8 Brahman:
a. Santa Gertrudis
10. This breed of duck has green bill with black
b. Beef Master
tip. The legs are orange to brown:
c. Brangus
a. Khaki campbell
d. Braford
b. Indian runner
c. Tsaiya
d. Mule
3. After parturition in mares, the placenta is
normally expelled within:
a. 10 minutes
11. In sows, ovulation occurs:
b. 90 minutes
a. At the time of estrus begins
c. 24 hours
b. 12 hours after estrus ends
d. 48 hours
c. 36-40 hours after onset of standing
estrus
d. 6 hours before estrus begins
4. In male birds, the cells that secrete
testosterone are the:
a. Beta cells of the islets
12. Among bitches of all breeds, include
b. Sertoli cells
mongrels, which stage of the estrous cycle
c. Chromaffin cells
is the most variable in length?
d. Leydig cells
a. Proestrus
b. Estrus
5. How much urine is excreted by a 10kg cat in
c. Metestrus
a day?
d. Anestrus
a. 100-200 ml
b. 200-300 ml
c. 400-500ml
13. How many 250 kg cattle can be loaded on a
d. 600-700ml
9-meter truck?
a. 30
b. 32
6. Meat of cattle under 3 months of age:
c. 34
a. Beef
d. 36
b. Veal
c. Chevon
d. Chevron
14. Young castrated male goat is termed?
a. Wether
b. Gelding
7. What is the normal duration of ejaculation
c. Barrow
in boars?
d. Steer
a. 18 seconds
b. 1-2 minutes
c. 4-6 minutes
15. When a reptile lays eggs as a function of
d. 10 minutes
reproduction, that species is described as:
8. How many gallons of water is required in
a. Nulliparous
slaughtering one head of swine?
b. Ovoviparous
a. 2
c. Viviparous
b. 15
d. Polyploid
c. 30
d. 60
16. Thus nutrient contains 2.25 times more c. Leucine
energy than carbohydrates: d. Lysine
a. Protein
b. Fat
c. Vitamin 24. Litter bearing:
d. Minerals a. Primiparous
b. Multiparous
c. Uniparous
17. Not cycling: d. Pluriparous
a. Anestrous
b. Estrous
c. Metestrous 25. In proximate analysis, ash stands for?
d. Monoestrous a. Protein
b. Vitamins
c. Fats
18. Which drug safely and effectively induces d. Minerals
parturition 1 week before term, with no
drug-related sequelae? 26. What type of placenta does a goat have?
a. Oxytocin a. Discoidal
b. Estrogen b. Diffuse
c. Dexamethasone c. Zonary
d. PGF2a (Dinoprost) d. Cotyledonary

19. The duration of spermatogenesis in boars is: 27. Never having been pregnant:
a. 20 days a. Primiparous
b. 18 days b. Multiparous
c. 45 days c. Uniparous
d. 35 days d. Nulliparous

20. The stage not included in the development 28. Which of the following vitamins is water
of reptiles is the: soluble:
a. Larva a. Vitamin A
b. Juvenile b. Vitamin D
c. Adult c. Vitamin C
d. Embryo d. Vitamin K

21. The eggs of most reptiles resemble those of: 29. Which of the following cuts of goat yields
a. Amphibians the highest?
b. Primates a. Leg
c. Insects b. Loin
d. Birds c. Rib
d. Shoulder

22. The following are true regarding ducks,

except: 30. Estrogen is the predominant hormone
a. Thrive well on all kinds of environment during:
b. Resistant to common avian diseases a. Pregnancy
c. Does not thrive on different types of b. Anestrus
foods c. Diestrus
d. Needs simple, less expensive housing d. Estrus

23. The following are essential amino acids, 31. Deficiency of this vitamin can lead to
except: polyneuritis in chickens:
a. Alanine a. B2
b. Phenylalanine b. B3
 c. B6
d. B1
39. What is the average length of estrus of
cattle?
a. 1-3 days
32. The most common endocrine cause of
b. 9 days
subfertility and infertility in the bitch is:
c. 2-3 days
a. Hypogonadism
d. 12 hours
b. Hyperadrenocorticism
c. Hypothyroidism
d. Hyperthyroidism
40. Having 2 or more pregnancies that
produced viable offspring:
a. Primiparous
33. What is the normal rectal temperature of
b. Multiparous
pig?
c. Uniparous
a. 39.2
d. Pluriparous
b. 38.9
c. 38.6
d. 39.1
41. What is the dressing percentage of sheep?
a. 70%
b. 60&
c. 50%
34. The least developed accessory sex glands of d. 80%
bulls is the:
a. Prostate gland
b. Bulbourethral gland
c. Seminal vesicular gland
d. Ampulla
42. Normally giving birth to a single offspring:
a. Primiparous
35. The hormone the induces expulsion of the b. Multiparous
egg from the oviduct is: c. Uniparous
a. Thyroxine d. Pluriparous
b. Estradiol
c. Arginine vasotocin
d. Prolactin 43. Chicken contains sperm-host glands. Sperm
stored in the ovidut are capable of fertilizing
the eggs for about:
36. The optimum time to inseminate a bitch is: a. 10 days
a. 2-3 days before ovulation b. 20 days
b. 4-6 days before ovulation c. 30 days
c. 1-2 days after ovulation d. 40 days
d. 4-6 days ovulation

44. Recently in heat:

37. What is the shortest phase of the estrous a. Anestrous
cycle of cows? b. Estrous
a. Estrus c. Metestrous
b. Metestrus d. Monoestrous
c. Diestrus
d. Anestrus
45. Viable spermatozoa can remain viable in the
reproductive tract of some mated female
38. What is the CP requirement of broiler reptiles for as long as:
chickens from 0-2 weeks? a. 2-4 weeks
a. 18 b. 2-4 months
b. 20 c. 2-4 years
c. 22 d. 2-4 hours
d. 24
46. The age of puberty in swine:
a. 4-8 months
54. Which of the following is not considered a
b. 6-12 months
primary defect when assessing sperm
c. 5-10 months
morphology?
d. 7-12 months
a. Tightly coiled tail
b. Double head
c. Ballon head
47. This hormone stimulates broodiness in the
d. Detached head
hen:
a. Prostaglandin
b. Oxytocin
55. The following are tropical breeds of cattle,
c. Prolactin
except:
d. Estrogen
a. Angus
b. Brahman
c. Guzerat
48. The only fat-soluble vitamin that is
d. Gir
synthesized in the alimentary tract:
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
56. Having a single estrus during a breeding
c. Vitamin E
season:
d. Vitamin K
a. Anestrous
b. Estrous
c. Metestrous
49. What is the approximate liveweight of a
d. Monoestrous
cattle having a heartgirth of 100 cm and a
body length of 300 cm:
a. 257 kg
57. UMMB contains the following ingredients,
b. 267 kg
except:
c. 277 kg
a. Molasses
d. 287 kg
b. Urea
c. Salt
d. NOTA
50. What is the size of maternity stall for cattle?
a. 7-10 sq.m
b. 10-15 sq.m
58. Band neutrophils are rare in this animal:
c. 15-20 sq.m
a. Horse
d. 20-22 sq.m
b. Ox
c. Pig
51. In dogs, final maturation of spermatozoa
d. Goat
occurs in the:
a. Seminiferous tubule
b. Rete testis
59. Prolactin induces all of the following,
c. Epididymis
except:
d. Vas deferens
a. Nesting behavior
b. Incubation
c. Cessation of egg laying
52. What is the scientific name of Muscovy
d. Increased production of LH and FSH in
duck?
both sexes
a. Cairina moschatas
b. Anas platyrynchos
c. Anser anser
60. Which hormone is not produced by the
d. Pavo cristatus
ovine ovary?
a. Estradiol
b. Inhibin
53. Gestation length of Guinea pigs is:
c. Progesterone
a. 21 days
d. Prolactin
b. 28 days
c. 42 days
d. 63 days
61. Which of the following avian species has the d. Spermatogenesis
longest gestation:
a. Turkey
b. Muscovy duck 69. The drug of choice to induce parturition in
c. Swan mares is:
d. Guinea fowl a. PGF2a
b. Oxytocin
c. Dexamethasone
62. The average estrus cycle of ewe: d. Estradiol
a. 21 days
b. 17 days
c. 22 days 70. The act of giving birth in whale is termed:
d. Continuous a. Kindling
b. Pupping
c. Cubbing
63. In medical treatment of pyometra, which of d. Whelping
the following has shown the best results in
emptying the uterus of purulent contents?
a. 17-beta estradiol 71. Which of the following ropes has the
b. Progesterone highest tensile strength:
c. Oxytocin a. Abaca
d. PGF2a b. Nylon
c. Linen
d. Polypropylene
64. Fresh chilled-extended canine semen
retains sperm viability for about:
a. 6 hours 72. Pregnant for the first time or having had
b. 24 hours one pregnancy that produced viable
c. 48 hours offspring:
d. 96 hours a. Primiparous
b. Multiparous
c. Uniparous
65. Spermatogenesis in stallion requires: d. Pluriparous
a. 12 days
b. 24 days
c. 55 days 73. What is the temperature of liquid nitrogen
d. 75 days for semen storage for goats?
a. -170
b. -186
66. What is the energy content of rice bran c. -196
(d1)? d. -206
a. 89
b. 91
c. 93 74. A bitch that was presumably spayed but
d. 87 now show signs of heat most likely has:
a. Hyperadrenocorticism
b. Pituitary adenoma
67. Ponies are horses with height below 14 c. Right-sided ovarian remnant
hands which is equivalent to: d. Left-sided ovarian remant
a. 42 inches 75. The five basic horse colors include the
b. 56 inches following, except:
c. 70 inches a. Black
d. 63 inches b. Brown
c. Gray
d. White
68. FSH induces all of the following, except:
a. Development of ovarian follicles
b. Secretion of estrogen by the ovaries 76. The following breeds of ducks are egg-type,
c. Feather growth except:
 a. Khaki campbell b. FSH
b. Indian runner c. Estradiol
c. Tsaiya d. Progesterone
d. Mule

84. A lateral, intermediate to rapid, 2-beat

77. You collect semen from a stallion once, and diagonal gait:
then again an hour later. As compared with a. Walk
the first ejaculate, the second ejaculate is b. Trot
likely to have: c. Canter
a. Half the volume and half as may d. Gallop
spermatozoa
b. The same volume and half as may
spermatozoa 85. This equipment prevents the horse from
c. The same volume and twice the number raising its head:
of spermatozoa a. Blinkers
d. Half the volume and half the number b. Web
c. Snuffle bit
d. Martingale
78. In which species is dystocia a major
problem?
a. Rat 86. What is the CP of corn?
b. Hamster a. 7
c. Gerbil b. 8
d. Guinea pig c. 9
d. 10

79. Cutting of the comb of chicken is termed:

a. Dubbing 87. The hormone that stimulates development
b. Cropping of crop milk in pigeons and doves is:
c. Debeaking a. Tetraiodothyronine
d. Combing b. Estradiol
c. Prolactin
d. Progesterone
80. Progesterone is the predominant hormone
during:
a. Anestrus 88. Daily sperm output can be accurately
b. Estrus determined in a stallion by collecting and
c. Proestrus analyzing semen once daily for:
d. Diestrus a. 3 days
b. 7 days
c. 14 days
81. The mobility phase of the equine embryo d. 21 days
lasts:
a. 1 day
b. 4 days 89. The following are soft fibers used for ropes,
c. 16 days except:
d. 20 days a. Cotton
b. Linen
c. Manila
82. Where does mohair come from? d. Hemp
a. Angora
b. La Mancha
c. Saanen 90. When does ovulation occurs in swine?
d. Boer a. 12-16 hours after estrus
83. The hormone that regulates the pattern of b. 11-15 hours after estrus
growth and maturation of ovarian follicles c. Last half of estrus
is: d. 2nd day of estrus
a. Prolactin
 c. Covering
d. Tupping
91. What is the floor space requirement of
ducks?
a. 2 sq.ft.
99. Placentation in cows is best described as:
b. 2.5 sq.ft.
a. Diffuse
c. 3 sq.ft.
b. Cotyledonary
d. 3.5 sq.ft
c. Chorioallantoic
d. Discoid
100. Before considering the production of
92. TVT of dogs:
balut, eggs should weigh?
a. Are caused by a virus
a. 60 g or higher
b. Are nearly always malignant
b. 55 g or higher
c. Are transmitted only during coitus
c. 45 g or higher
d. Sometimes spontaneously regress
d. 40 g or higher

93. The most common cause of dystocia in

101. To attain successful dehorning
sows is:
procedure, this growth tissue should be
a. Eclampsia
destroyed by hot iron:
b. Cranial fetal presentation
a. Germinal epidermal layer
c. Caudal fetal presentation
b. Bony core
d. Uterine inertia
c. Epikeras
d. All of the above

94. Having recurring periods of estrus during a

breeding season:
102. Hypertrophy of the middle uterine
a. Anestrous
artery until presence of fremitus can be
b. Estrous
palpated rectally in cow with a gestation
c. Metstrous
period of:
d. Polyestrous
a. 35 days
b. 45 days
c. 85 days
95. Difficulty in laying eggs or giving birth is
d. 105 days
clled:
a. Dyspareunia
b. Dysecdysis
103. In cattle, compartmentalization of
c. Dyspepsia
the ruminant stomach happens on
d. Dystocia
gestation age:
a. 30 days
b. 60 days
96. The average gestation period of dogs:
c. 90 days
a. 62 days
d. 120 days
b. 60 days
c. 115 days
d. 283 days
104. In order to maintain pregnancy, the
developing embryo secretes what specific
protein to prevent corpus luteum
97. What is the amount of blood that can be
luteolysis?
collected from a mature cattle?
a. Interferon
a. 15-25 liters
b. Oxytocin
b. 20-30 liters
c. Inhibin
c. 2-3 liters
d. Estrogen
d. 1.5 liters

105. In cattle, aside from femoral artery,

98. The act of mating in sheep is termed:
pulse can be readily counted on what side?
a. Copulating
a. Facial artery
b. Serving
b. Maxillary artery
 c. Jugular artery
d. Saphenous artery
113. Hoof trimming can be best done
during:
a. Hot and dry
106. Just before lambing, ewes may
b. Cold and damp
demonstrate?
c. Both
a. Nesting
d. NOTA
b. Self-mutilation
c. Wool biting
d. Lamb stealing
114. During slaughtering of goat, this
involved of tying the hind shank on the rail?
a. Stunning
107. Another term for kidding?
b. Sticking
a. Doeling
c. Shacking
b. Caprening
d. Flaying
c. Buckling
d. Freshining
115. In draft carabao, castration should
be done on what age?
108. A management term for providing
a. 6 months
high quality feeds, usually grains prior to
b. 2 years
the start of the breeding to increase
c. 3 years
reproductive performance:
d. 4 years
a. Fecundity
b. Fertility
c. Flushing
116. What is the minimum scrotal
d. Priming
circumference (cm) of a yearling bull of
breeding?
a. 10 cm
109. Ability to produce increase number
b. 15 cm
of ova or sperm?
c. 20 cm
a. Fecundity
d. 30 cm
b. Fertility
c. Prolificacy
d. Potency
117. A synthetic progesterone analog
that can be used as feed additive to
control/synchronized estrus in cattle?
110. Developed breed of cattle known for
a. CIDAR
it mutagenic gene producing double muscle
b. PRID
build:
c. Melengestrol acetate
a. Brahman
d. PGF2a
b. Piedmontese
c. Wagyu
d. Belgian Blue
118. Fetal expulsion belongs to what
stage of parturition?
a. Stage 1
111. Longest horned Breed of Cattle:
b. Stage 2
a. Chianina
c. Stage 3
b. Wagyu
d. Stage 4
c. Ankole
d. Sahiwal
119. A goat was bred last September 23
2020, you are expecting her to kid on?
112. Breed of cattle that changes its color
a. January 23, 2021
when pregnant:
b. February 23, 2021
a. Sahiwal
c. March 23, 2021
b. Brahman
d. April 23, 2021
c. Tharparkar
d. Red sindi
120. Mohair wool is a type of textile
derived from the hair of?
127. This breed of swine is black with six
a. Cashmere
white points on the tip of the tail, nose, and
b. Angora
four feet – and has erect ears. It also
c. Merino
produces high-quality meat with excellent
d. Lincoln
marbling and optimum color which makes it
a very popular breed in Japan
a. Berkshire
121. The heart of fish is composed of how
b. Hampshire
many chambers?
c. New Hampshire
a. 1
d. Spotted black
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
128. These are the type of breeders
which are usually crossed with other breeds
to produce Parent Stock animals for either
122. These lines composed of
dam or sire purposes?
neuromasts detect vibrations in the water
a. GGP
and the vibrations form an image inside the
b. GP
fish’s brain.
c. PS
a. Ventral line
d. GGGP
b. Caudal line
c. Dorsal line
d. Lateral line
129. On natural breeding method, what
do you call the type of breeding wherein
the boar is mixed with a number of females
123. This tilapia species was not well
during the breeding season?
accepted by consumers in the Philippines
a. Hand mating
due to its dark color, small size and poor
b. Pasture mating
image
c. Controlled mating
a. Nile tilapia
d. Both A and B
b. Blue tilapia
c. Red tilapia
d. Mozambique tilapia
130. Which of the following products is
made from a pig by-product?
a. Glue
124. A marine mammal that has lost the
b. Gummy bears
capability to return to its normal habitat, is
c. Plastic
referred to as:
d. Gel
a. Flounder
b. Creek
c. Stranded
131. Which of the following is not an
d. Lost
advantage of AI?
A. Few boars to maintain
B. Reduce risk of disease transmission
125. What is not a characteristic of
C. Reduce breeding time
cetacean?
D. Increase litter size and farrowing rate
a. Laterally flattened tail
b. Flipper resembles forelimb
c. Tail moves upside down
132. This type of AI is mostly used in
d. Blowhole
frozen semen:
a. Intracervical
b. Post Cervical
126. What breeds of swine are the
c. Intrauterine
foundations of modern maternal lines?
d. Deep intrauterine
a. Duroc and Spotted
b. Largewhite and Hampshire
c. Large white and Landrace
d. Duroc and Pietrain
133. In different parts of the world like
Australia, and certain parts of Europe, pig
castration is already illegal due to the public
clamor for a better animal welfare
practices. As an alternative, they are using
immunocastration. What is the MOA of an
immunocastrating vaccine?
a. It stimulates the body to produce
antibodies against the Leydig cells to
reduce testosterone production
b. It interacts with the LH, to prevent
signaling to Leydig cells
c. It stimulate the body to attack the
testicular arteries resulting in testicular
hyperplasia
d. It stimulates the body to produce anti-
GnRH antibodies
134. Why most of pig companies are now
venturing on post-cervical insemination?
a. reduces the sperm volume per dose
thus more sows are inseminated
b. with the increasing monetary value of
high quality boars, pig farmers are
looking into efficient use of this asset
c. Breeding time is reduced
d. All of these
135. According to the Code of Practice
and Minimum Standards of Pigs, what is the
minimum sow level of a farm that already
needs a Resident Veterinarian?
a. 200 sow level
b. 300 sow level
c. 400 sow level
d. 500 sow level
136. In the Philippines, it is illegal to
castrate any pig over __ days old, unless the
castration is performed by a veterinarian,
who must use local or general anesthesia
a. 14
b. 18
c. 20
d. 28
137. On the Code of Practice and
Minimum Standards for Pigs, which of the
following is not true?
a. It is recommended that the transport
time plus lairage shall not be more than
14 hours in land transport
b. Pigs shall not be transported from 10pm
to 4am in cities and highly urbanized
municipalities
c. Under normal conditions, adult pigs
shall not be transported for more than 8
hours without water and 12 hours
without feed during daytime
d. In backyard farm, tethering may be
allowed , provided however, that a
minimum of 2.5 meters shall be used for
tethering secured overhead
138. What boar semen fraction is usually
grayish and milky. This fraction is collected
as it contains viable sperm cells ideal for
insemination.
a. 1st fraction
b. 2nd fraction
c. 3rd fraction
d. 4th fraction
139. Which of the following semen
volume is most likely from a boar?
a. 50 ml
b. 3 ml
c. 500 ml
d. 200 ml
140. A farmer complains about the low
conception rate of the sows inseminated
from Davide’s Boar Stud. During the root
cause analysis, semen quality was pin
pointed as the main factor. Which of the
following is the most likely cause of low
conception rate?
a. Semen storage temp of 21’C
b. Transport time of 2 hours and 20
minutes
c. 2.6 billion sperm per dose was packed
d. The weather is stormy during transport
141. Which of the following is the
consequence of an underconditioned sow?
a. Poor appetite in farrowing
b. Delayed estrus after weaning
c. Poorer teat development
d. Prolonged farrowing
142. Which of the following is a method
of heat detection in Sow?
a. Back pressure test
b. Riding the back test
c. Semen on snout test
d. All of the above
143. Which of the following is true about c. Breed gilts at around 15-17 mm backfat
the estrus of a gilt? d. All are requirement
a. Usually longer than a sow
b. Usually takes 14 days
c. Gilt do not respond to any method of 150. To have an effective teaser boar for
heat detection expect semen to snout estrus stimulation and detection, what age
method of the teaser boar is optimal for these
d. Gilt estrus is short lived purpose?
a. 10 months
b. 6 months
144. Which of the following hormones c. 8 months
will you use to synchronize a group of gilts d. 2 years old
for batch system management?
a. HCG
b. Prostaglandin 151. What do you call a balut that is not
c. Altrenogest more than 5 days old?
d. ECG a. Puti
b. Mamatong
c. Penoy
145. At what stage of pregnancy do the d. Sariwa
bones and organs develop and death of the
embryo at this stage will result to
mummification. Earlier embryo mortality 152. How many days is the incubation
will result to absorption. period of Japanese quail egg?
a. 18 days a. 17-18 days
b. 42 days b. 23.-24 days
c. 35 days c. 15 days
d. 70 days d. 26 days

146. Which of the following practical 153. It is the extended pouch that is a
method management is done for orphaned unique characteristic of poultry for feed
piglets? storage.
a. Cross fostering a. Gizzard
b. Fostering b. Proventriculus
c. Bottle feeding c. Crop
d. Euthanasia d. Ceca

147. What hormone is used to induce 154. It is the broiler parameter that is
parturition in sows to avoid going beyond used to determine the performance of the
its expected due date and also to grow which indicate how much kg of feeds
synchronize farrowing? to convert 1 kg of body weight?
a. HCG a. Broiler production index
b. Prostaglandin b. % Hen day
c. Altrenogest c. Feed Convertion Ratio
d. ECG d. Average Daily Gain

148. This is the gradual introduction of 155. It is the process of testicle removal
gilts into the main herd’s disease pathogen? specific in chicken
a. Gilt acclimation a. Castration
b. Gilf acclimatization b. Orchiectomy
c. Gilf bioexclusion c. Caponizing
d. Gilt bioinclusion d. Spaying
149. Which of the following is/are
requirement for longevity of sows?
a. Full acclimatization before breeding 156. The following are solely for egg
b. Breed gilts at second or third estrus laying breeds of chicken, except:
 a. White Leghorn
b. Rhode Island Red
164. Which hormone is responsible for
c. Sussex
egg laying?
d. White Plymouth Rock
a. FSH
b. Oxytocin
c. LH
157. Which breed of duck is good for
d. Prolactin
producing meat?
165. What is the standar male to female
a. Philippine Native Duck
ration of duck if the operation is for table
b. Tsaiya
and salted eggs only?
c. Campbell
a. 1:10
d. Pekin
b. 1:12
c. Both and B
d. None
158. Which breed of duck originated
from England?
a. PN duck
166. What could you observe if the
b. Tsaiya
brooding temperature is correct?
c. Campbell
a. Chicks go away the brooder
d. Pekin
b. Chicks crowd to brooder
c. Chicks evenly spread
d. NOTA
159. It is the process of sexing in day old
quail:
a. Vent sexing
167. What is the correct building
b. Voice sexing
orientation of a poultry house?
c. Candling
a. East-West
d. Feather sexing
b. North-South
c. East-South
d. North-West
160. How long does it take a hen to form
an egg?
a. 14 to 16 hours
168. The function of light in laying hen is:
b. 18 to 20 hours
a. To stimulate egg production
c. 24 to 26 hours
b. Facilitate feeding during night-time
d. 28 to 30 hours
c. Both A and B
d. None

161. What do you call the act of laying

eggs in chicken?
169. What is the first limiting amino acid
a. Calving
in layer chicken?
b. Oviposition
a. Tryptophan
c. Whelping
b. Methionine
d. Lambing
c. Lysine
d. Threonine

162. What is the point of lay of quail?

a. 42 days
170. It is the type of building where
b. 18 days
cooling pads and exhaust fans are used to
c. 18 weeks
create an ideal environment.
d. 72 weeks
a. Open-sided
b. Conventional
c. Climate control
163. Egg quality is/are affected by:
d. None
a. Age
b. Nutrition
c. Temperature
171. Which of the following is/are
d. All
breed/s of broiler chicken?
 a. Cobb 500
b. Ross 308
178. In Fédéraon Equestre Internaonale
c. Indian River
or FEI compeons, what is the unit used to
d. All of the above
measure the height of horses?
a. Hand
b. Cm
172. What % is the peak of lay of White
c. Inches
Leghorn?
d. M
a. 80%
b. 90%
c. 96%
179. Onagers and Kiangs are ass-like
d. 100%
equids that live in Tibet, Mongolia and
173. It is a breed of quail which is black
across Asia classified as Asiac asses in what
and brown backed bird with a white chest
specie?
and striking face markings.
a. Equus asinus
a. Japanese quail
b. Equus hemionus
b. Tuxedo
c. Equus grevyi
c. Silver
d. Equus quagga
d. Negro

180. Canine teeth of stallions may erupt

174. Which of the following is the most
at what age?
toxic of all vitamins when the concentration
a. 2.5 years
is increased above the acceptable amount?
b. 3 years
Alopecia, and also dermatitis are features of
c. 3.5 years
toxicity in horses.
d. 4 years
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin B
c. Vitamin D
181. The following terminologies describe
d. Vitamin E
the characteristics of equine teeth, EXCEPT:
a. Heterodont
b. Hypsodont
175. You can determine the respiratory
c. Diphyodont
rate of your horse by observing the
d. Homodont
following, EXCEPT:
a. Movement of the flank
b. Movement of the rib cage
182. Borborygmus is a sound produced
c. Movement of the back muscles
by the following parts of Equine digesve
d. Movement of the nostrils
tract, EXCEPT:
a. Stomach
b. Jejunum
176. Which of the following horse coat
c. Esophagus
color that is described as black coat that
d. Colon
fades to brownish color when connuously
exposed to sunlight?
a. Raven Black
183. What is the normal urine specific
b. Standard Black Horse
gravity of horse?
c. Jet Black
a. 1.002
d. Sheer Black
b. 1.02
c. 1.035
d. 1.065
177. The first direct ancestors of modern
mammals such as horses, tapirs, rhinoceros,
camels, and hippopotamuses appeared
184. Correct dental formula of a stallion?
during what period?
a. Oligocene
b. Hyracocene
c. Miocene
d. Eocene
185. Using a Triadan System in Horses, 191. Which of the following is the
which of the following is NOT a correct primary cause of wood chewing in horses?
designation? a. High roughage intake
b. High concentrate intake
a. 308: fourth left lower premolar c. Low concentrate intake
b. 110: first right upper molar d. Low roughage intake
c. 201: first left upper incisor
d. 408: third right lower premolar
192. A large callus/ thickening of the skin
of horse at the point of the hock considered
186. In increasing order of speed, which to be a blemish resulted from bumping the
of the following order of natural gait is hocks when trailering short trailers or with
correct? unpadded tail gates?
a. Walk, Trot, Canter, Gallop a. Bone spavin
b. Trot, Walk, Walk, Gallop b. Capped hock
c. Walk, Trot, Gallop, Canter c. Greese heel
d. Trot, Gallop, Walk, Canter d. Jack spavin

187. It is the smallest horse breed in the 193. It is the first liming amino acid in
world up to 7 hands tall which was horse:
developed by Falabella family in Argenna: a. Tryptophan
a. Falabella b. Lysine
b. Mustang c. Methionine
c. Galiceno d. Threonine
d. Trakehner

194. Which of the following is not a

188. This sound is considered as the reliable recommendation to reduce colic
loudest sound of horse generally with the risk in horse?
head held high, the ears are forward and a. Encourage long-stem forage intake
the mouth open: b. Increase the size of meal and provide
a. Blowing free-choice hay when possible
b. Whinny c. Minimize the flow of rapidly
c. Nickering fermentable carbs to the cecum and
d. Sighing large colon.
d. Limit amount of grain, sweet feed, or
pelleted feed per meal.
189. Lateral gait in horse is defined as leg 195. The passing of placenta in horse is
movement of lateral pairs where same leg generally completed:
side start and stop at the same time. Which a. 30 minutes after foaling
of the following is a good example of this? b. 3 hours after foaling
a. Rack c. 5 hours after foaling
b. Trot d. Placenta expelled at the same time with
c. Amble fetus
d. Pace

196. How many days is the viability of

190. A horse stereotype wherein they horse sperm cells in the reproductive tract
place their upper incisors against a of mare?
horizontal surface, arches the neck and pull a. ½ day
backwards with body making a grunting b. 1 day
sound: c. 1 ½ day
a. Crib biting d. 2 days
b. Aerophagia
c. Pawing
d. Weaving 197. It is the oldest method of permanent
identification:
a. Hot iron branding
 b. Freeze branding b. 2
c. Lip tattooing c. 3
d. Microchipping d. 4

198. Which of the following is not a blood 203. Unlike most other mammals, cats
type of horse? cannot convert beta carotene to:
a. O a. Vitamin A
b. P
b. Vitamin C
c. T
c. Vitamin B1
d. U
d. Vitamin E

199. Space requirement of Stallion in box

stall: 204. In laboratory animal practice,
a. 10 x 10 feet contamination of water sources by
b. 10 x 12 feet Pseudomonas organisms is best controlled
c. 12 x 12 feet by:
d. 14 x 14 feet a. Establishing a good animal room
sanitation program
b. Installing a good automatic watering
200. Booster for Influenza vaccine in system
horses (high-risk) will be given: c. Acidifying the water to a PH of 2.4-2.8
a. Yearly d. Installing a good water filtration system
b. Bi-annual
c. 4-6 weeks
d. 2-4 months 205. Permanent incisors of horse will
erupt at what age?
a. 2.5 years
b. 3.5 years
c. 4.5 years
d. 5.5 years

206. In dogs, ‘tongueing” introduces

nonvolatile material into the:
a. Vomeronasal organ
b. Organum vasculosum
c. Circle of Willis
d. Ventromedial hypothalamus

207. Resting respiratory rate of horse is:

a. 40 beats/min
201. The Philippine water buffalo or b. 14 beats/min
carabao is: c. 30 beats/min
a. Seasonally polyestrous d. 60 beats/min
b. Seasonally monoestrous
c. Nonseasonally monoestrous
d. Nonsesonally polyestrous 208. Vitamin C deficiency in guinea pigs is
characterized by:
a. Loss of incisor teeth
202. When the backbone, hip and b. Blindness
shoulder bones are visible, the ribs are c. Widespread hemorrhage of muscles and
visible faintly and the tail head area is joints
slightly recessed, the body condition score d. Hepatic and myocardial necrosis
should be:
a. 1
209. The species with a high prevalence b. Have lower fat content
of spontaneous seizures is the: c. Lower body weight
a. Gerbil d. Develop ketosis or milk fever
b. Hamster
c. Chinchilla
d. Guinea pig 216. Which principle of Russell and Burch
states that minimal stresses and pain should
be inflicted to animals used in research?
210. The most obvious sign of bloat is: a. Reduction
a. Edema in the dewlap area b. Replacement
b. Distention of the right paralumbar fossa c. Refinement
c. Distension of the left paralumbar fossa d. Restriction
d. Jugular vein pulsation

217. Goats can be tattooed in the ears for

211. Which chemical is used to neutralize identification. The breed of goat which is
chlorine in water to make it safe for use in a not tattooed this way because these goats
fish aquarium? have no pinnae is:
a. Sodium hypochlorite a. La Mancha
b. Sodium thiosulfate b. Saanen
c. Hydrochloric acid c. French Alpine
d. Potassium permanganate d. Angora

212. Factors affecting the libido of rams 218. How many days after calving does
during the breeding season include all of uterine involution takes place?
the following except: a. 14 days
a. Genetics b. 26 days
b. Testosterone level c. 35 days
c. Weather extremes d. 43 days
d. Nutrition

219. Which nutritional deficiencies may

213. The most common factor causing cause perosis in birds?
poor reproductive performance of cows in a. Manganese
large dairy farms is: b. Biotin
a. Improper semen handling c. Folic acid
b. Poor AI technique d. All of the above
c. Improper housing and nutrition
d. Poor estrus detection
220. What is the disease associated with
zinc deficiency in pigs?
214. Sublingual abscesses in psittacines a. Parakeratosis
are an indication of hypovitaminosis: b. White muscle disease
a. Vitamin A c. Enzootic Ataxia
b. Vitamin B12 d. Achromotrichia
c. Vitamin C
d. Vitamin E
221. When disturbed by attempts at
physical restraint, a horse’s initial response
215. Dairy cows at peak lactation cannot usually is:
consume sufficient dry matter to meet their a. Kicking
energy requirements. For this reason, b. Biting
during the period of peak lactation, dairy c. Running
cows often: d. Vocalizing
a. Exhibit pica
222. Which of the following is considered c. 20 years
a protein supplement? d. 25 years
a. Barley
b. Shelled corn
c. Corn gluten meal 229. As compared with the proportion of
d. Soybean hulls blood volume to body weight in mammals,
the blood volume of fish is:
a. Equal and constitutes 10-15% of BW
223. As a percentage of body weight, the b. Smaller and constitutes 3-5% of BW
minimum amount of hay that should be c. Smaller and constitutes 10-15%
offered to a horse daily is: d. Larger and constitutes 3-5%
a. 1%
b. 2%
c. 3% 230. Pigs aging 7-10 days old utilize only:
d. 5% a. Glucose and lactose
b. Lactose and fructose
c. Fructose and sucrose
224. What is the length of rope d. Sucrose and glucose
recommended for use in tethering of goats?
a. 1-5 m
b. 6-10 m 231. A female goat homozygous for
c. 11-15 m polled genes is:
d. 16-20 m a. Sterile but anatomically normal
b. Subfertile but anatomically normal
c. Subfertile with slight anatomic changes
225. The instrument used to castrate a d. Infertile with gross anatomic changes
large animal but simultaneously cutting and
crushing the spermatic cord is:
a. Emasculatome 232. The most abundant fatty acid in corn
b. Emasculator oil is:
a. Palmitic acid
c. Elastrator
b. Oleic acid
d. Electroejaculator
c. Arachidonic acid
d. Linoleic acid

226. In practice, which of the following is

given to cattle in order to prevent hardware
233. The passing of placenta of mare is
disease?
generally completed:
a. Antibiotics IM
a. 30 mins after foaling
b. Magnet PO
b. 3 hours after foaling
c. Enema
c. 6 hours after foaling
d. Antiinflammatories IM
d. Placenta expelled at the same time with
fetus

227. Feather picking related to behavior

and not to organic disease is indicated by
234. Which of the following horse breeds
intact feathers on the:
has only one coat color registered (which is
a. Wings black)?
b. Tail a. Friesian
c. Breast b. Morgan
d. Head c. Black Percheron
d. Barb
228. The full length of the Galvayne’s
groove is reached by horses at:
235. What is the protein equivalent of
a. 10 years urea?
b. 15 years a. 16%
 b. 100% b. Testicular weight
c. 281% c. Carcass length
d. 625% d. Backfat level

236. Fighting among newly mixed pigs 243. The average duration of labor in
can be reduced by spraying with: killer whales is:
a. Estrogen a. 90 – 180 minutes
b. Progesterone b. 4-6 hour
c. GnRH c. 12-18 hours
d. Androstenol d. 48 hours

237. What is the proportion of Brahman 244. What is the piece of restraint
and Angus in the breed Brangus? equipment commonly used in horses?
a. 1/8 Brahman + 7/8 Angus a. Halter
b. 3/8 Brahman + 5/8 Angus b. Twitch
c. ½ Brahman + ½ Angus c. Hobbles
d. ¼ Brahman + ¾ Angus d. Whip

238. Molting cycles in cage and aviary 245. A turtle that has difficulty swimming
birds generally occur: because its body is at angle in the water is
a. Before breeding season most likely suffering from a:
b. After breeding season a. Leg injury
c. During the breeding season b. Middle ear infection
d. Any of these c. CNS disorder
d. Pneumonic lesion

239. Prolapse of the uterus in the cattle is

frequently associated with: 246. The process by which plant parts are
a. Twin pregnancy finely cut and blown into an air-tight
b. Hypocalcemia chamber where it undergoes acid
c. Hydrops fermentation is called:
d. Emphysematous fetus a. Crumbling
b. Pelleting
c. Ensiling
240. Mediterranean, Asiatic, English and d. Dehulling
American are:
a. Poultry types
b. Poultry breeds 247. What is the major effect of
c. Poultry classes ionophores on rumen fermentation?
d. Poultry strains a. Decreased feed efficiency
b. Increase methane production
c. Decreased molar ratio of acetate to
241. The major cause of death in lambs propionate
during the first week of life is: d. NOTA
a. Congenital defects
b. Infection
c. Starvation 248. Which of the following fins provide
d. Neonatal weakness stability so that fishes can swim in a straight
line?
a. Dorsal fin
242. Sexual maturity of boars is indicated b. Pectoral fin
by age and: c. Anal fin
a. Testicular circumference d. All
 d. Smell and pressure
249. Which of the following laboratory
animals can release their fur as a defense
256. In reference to cattle, the equivalent
mechanism?
animal unit per head of yearling is:
a. Ferret
a. 1.25
b. Chinchilla
b. 1
c. Hamster
c. 0.75
d. Gerbil
d. 0.5

250. What is the space requirement of

257. “Kindling” is the term used to
dry sows?
describe:
a. 1 m2/animal
a. Maternal behavior of mice
b. 1.8 m2/animal
b. Estrous cycle of rodents
c. 2.5 m2/animal
c. Euthanasia of rodents
d. 7.5 m2/animal
d. Parturition of rabbits

251. When is the ideal time for semen

258. The smell of the mature buck
collection in boar?
originates from:
a. Early morning
a. Scent gland on the top of the head
b. Midnight
b. Scent glands in the inguinal area
c. Midday c. Scent gland under the tail
d. Dawn d. Sebaceous glands

252. How is 10,000 parts per million 259. The breed of cat most likely to chew
expressed as a percentage (parts per or suck woolen cloth is the:
hundred)? a. Maine coon
a. 0.1% b. Persian
b. 1.0% c. Siamese
c. 10.0% d. Abyssinian
d. 100%

260. The number of full-sibling mating

253. Deciduous central incisors of horse required for a strain of mice to be
will erupt at what age of the animal? considered inbred is:
a. 6 days a. 5
b. 6 weeks b. 15
c. 20
c. 6 months
d. 25
d. 6 years

261. Nicking is defined as:

254. The most calorically dense nutrient
a. The production of progeny which are
is:
superior to the parent that produce
a. Cellulose
them
b. Lignin b. A situation where one gene affects two
c. Protein or more traits
d. Fat c. Both
d. None

255. The primary stimuli that cause a

stallion to ejaculate are: 262. After parturition, mares normally
a. Pressure and temperature resume fertile estrous cycles within
b. Temperature and sight approximately:
c. Sight and smell a. 5-10 days
 b. 18-21 days d. Propionate
c. 4-10 days
d. 60-90 days
270. The best biologic measurement of
sow herd efficiency is:
263. In prolonged attempts to capture a a. Pigs weaned per farrowing crate per
sheep or pig in a paddock or pen, it is year
extremely easy to cause: b. Pigs weaned per inventoried sow per
a. Abortions year
b. Limb fractures c. Feed cost per pound of pork
c. Hyperthermia d. Feed cost per ton of sow feed
d. Death from shock

271. The heater should be turned on for

264. What is the space requirement of how many hours before the arrival of the
boar? chicks?
a. 1 m2/animal a. 1 hour
b. 1.8 m2/animal b. 4 hours
c. 2.5 m2/animal c. 8 hours
d. 7.5 m2/animal d. 12 hours

265. The most toxic amino acid is

a. Threonine 272. When threatened, the domestic
b. Leucine animal with the strongest instinct to remain
c. Methionine in a group is:
d. Tryptophan a. Sheep
b. Goat
c. Pig
266. The watery portion of milk d. Chicken
remaining after the removal of the fat and
curd is:
a. Skim milk 273. The best site for collection of venous
b. Evaporated milk blood from a cetacean is the:
c. Whey a. Caudal gluteal vein
d. Condensed b. Interdigital vein
c. Caudal peduncle
d. Extradural intravertebral vein
267. Nile tilapia are sexually mature at:
a. 4 months
b. 6 months 274. Mating or AI of sows/gilts should be
c. 10 months done during standing heat. Which of the
d. 12 months following best describes the vulva during
standing heat?
a. Red, swollen with little mucus
268. Which parameter best indicates the b. Pink, less swollen with clear, sticky
approximate energy content of hay? mucus
a. Number of leaves present c. Both
b. Stem size d. Nona
c. Color
d. Smell
275. The purpose of adding zeolite (an
ion-exchange component) in feeds is to:
269. The volume of milk produced is a. Modify animal health
determined mainly by the mammary glands b. Modify consumer acceptance
uptake of: c. Influence feed stability
a. Acetate d. Influence feed efficiency and
b. Glucose metabolism
c. Amino acids
 283. Working horses have higher
requirements for which of the following
276. Daily sperm output can be vitamins?
accurately determined in a stallion by a. A
collecting and analyzing semen once daily b. D
for: c. E
d. C
a. 3 days
b. 7 days
c. 14 days
284. Which of the following can be used to
d. 21 days induce ovulation of preovulatory follicles?
a. PGF2a
277. Which of the following knots is used b. Fenprostalene
to secure a rope to a vertical bar without c. HCG
d. Oxytocin
slippage?
a. Sheet bend
b. Clove hotch
285. Spermatogenesis in stallions
c. Bowline
requires:
d. Halter tie
a. 12 days
b. 24 days
c. 55 days
278. The primary source of glucose in
d. 75 days
ruminants is from:
a. Propionic acid
b. Acetic acid
c. Butyric acid
d. Lactic acid

279. Failure of ejaculation has been

successfully treated in some stallion by use of
a. Testosterone
b. Imipramine
c. GnRH
d. Diazepam

280. Gestation period of Elephants:

a. 22 months
b. 11 months
c. 24 months
d. 18 months

281. When feeding dogs with copper

toxicosis, which of the following nutrients can
be added to the diet to help block copper
absorption?
a. Zinc
b. Calcium
c. Vitamin A
d. Biotin

282. Snakes are:

a. Oviparous
b. Viviparous or ovoviviparous, but not
oviparous
c. Ovoviviparous
d. Oviparous, Viviparous or ovoviviparous
depending on species