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OF SCIEnCE AnD TECHnOLOGY

FACULTY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND SPATIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCES

QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURE

QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BAGR LEVEL: 7

COURSE CODE: LRH610s COURSE NAME: LARGE RUMINANT HUSBANDRY

SESSION: 10 JUNE 2016 PAPER: THEORY

DURATION: 3 HOURS MARKS: 100

FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER

EXAMINER(S) DR H. R. AMWELE

MODERATOR: DR E. LUTAAYA

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.

PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS

1. All written work MUST be done in blue or black ink

2. No books, notes and other additiona l aids are allowed

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES (Including this front page)

Question 1
What are the signs that show that a cow is on heat? (5)

Question 2
Explain the reaction of hormones during proestrus phase ifthe cow did not conceive? (10)

Question 3
Describe how it feels when a pregnancy examiner palpates uterus horns at the following stage of
pregnancy?
3.1 Pregnancy at 2 months (2)
3.2 Pregnancy at 3 months (2)
3.3 Pregnant at 4 months (4)
[8]

Question 4
Why it is important to identify cattle? (8)

Question 5
When the farmer is scoring the body condition of beef cattle which part of animal body does he
look at? (7)

Question 6
Indicate if the following statements are true or false
6.1 Fiber stimulates rumen function . (2)
6.2 Lack of protein causes water retention in a rumen . (2)
6.3 Salt (NaCJ) is essential for acid-base balance. (2)
6.4 Vitamin D mobilizes Ca and P from the skeleton. (2)
6.5 Lack of magnesium results in electrolyte balance. (2)
[10]

Question 7
Answer the following questions on livestock diseases:
7.1 Differentiate between infectious and non-infectious diseases? (4)
7.2 Rearrange the following bacterial and protozoal diseases to correspond with their causes:
(11)

Diseases Causes
Anthrax Clostridium chauvoe
Tuberculosis Anaplasma marginale
Blackquarter Bacillus anthracis
Malignant oedema Trypanosoma spicies
Gallsickness Clostridium septicum
Redwater Cowdria ruminantium
Heartwater Besnoitea besnoit
Coccidiosis Theileria parva lawrencei
Nagana Mycobacterium bovis
Elephant skin disease Babesia bigeminum, B. bovis
Corridor disease Eimeria species

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Question 8
Answer the following questions on livestock nutrition:
8.1 Give two functions of iodine, protein and vitamin D. (6)
8.2 Give three examples of water, calcium and zinc deficiencies in livestock. {9)
Question 9
Name the types of leukocytes and their expected percentages in blood stream? {10)

Question 10
What are the four organs of the immune system and their functions? {12)

Total ......................................................................................................................................................[100]