NABTEB Animal Husbandry Syllabus Questions and answers 2025

ANIMAL Husbandry

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE
The students should be able top highlight the importance of Animal Keeping, breeding, health, production, feeding,
diseases and pest, various types of species and their management.

EXAMINATION STRUCTURE

The trade consists of the following related courses:
– Pig Keeping (CAH 11, 18 & 21)
– Poultry Raising (CAH 12, 16 & 23)
– Cattle Production (CAH 13, 17 & 24)
– Goat and Sheep Production (CAH 15, 19, & 25)
– Rabbit Keeping (CAH 14, 20 & 22)

EXAMINATION SCHEME

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This subject/trade consists of one paper. This will consists of two sections, viz:

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SECTION A: It will comprise of forty (40) multiple choice objective questions to be answered in 40 minutes. This
section carries forty marks.

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SECTION B: It will comprise of seven (7) Essay questions and students are to answer five questions in 2 hours.
This carries a total of 60 marks.

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PIG KEEPING IN NIGERIA

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S/NO TOPICS/OBJECTIVES CONTENTS ACTIVITIES/REMARKS

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1. Pig Raising [br]

1. Importance of pig raising. – Discussion of the reason for
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2. General characteristics of pigs. raising pigs.
Nigeria where pigs are[br]

3. Advantages and disadvantages of raising
raised. pigs.

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2. Pig Management
Explain why and where
free range, semi intensive
and intensive
pigs/breeding are
practiced[br][br]
1.
2.
3.
Pig keeping practice:[br][br]
a. free range affectionately n[br]
b. semi intensive[br]
c. intensive[br]
The merits and demerits of each practice.
Why and where each practice in (1) above
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– Explanation of pig
management systems.

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3. Pig Housing
Explain conventional
housing for pigs e.g.
backyard round huts etc.[br][br]
1.
2.
3.
4.
Importance of housing pigs.
Raw materials used in the construction of
pig houses.

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Types of pig houses.[br]
Basic facilities expected in a pig house.[br]
– Explanation of the advantages
of good housing for pigs.

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4. Feeding in Pigs[br]
1. The importance
of feeding pigs.[br]
2. The sources of
various nutrients.[br][br]
1.
2.
3.
The nutrient requirement of pigs.
Sources of various nutrients.
Importance of feeding in pigs.[br][br]
– Explanation of the nutrient
requirement of pigs.[br][br]
5. Pig Feeding[br][br]

1. Importance of clean environment in pig – Discussion of the need for
clean environment in pig
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– Demonstration of dipping in
pigs.[br][br]
Requirement raising.[br][br]
Explain the various ways[br][br]

2. The need of vaccination in pigs.
of maintaining a hygienic[br][br]

3. The uses of dips and disinfectants in pig
environment in the raising.
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4. Effects of parasites in pigs.[br][br]
5. Advantages of dipping.[br][br]
6. Importance of manure disposal in pig
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6. Pig Rearing
The terminologies in pig
rearing/keeping.[br][br]
1. Terminologies in pig rearing e.g. boar,
saw furrow, piglet, pork etc.[br][br]
– Discussion of the terminologies
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7. Pigs Breeds[br][br]

1. Breeds of pigs and their specific features. – Explanation of the breeds of
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2. Advantages of breed system in pigs. pigs and their specific features.
pigs in the tropics.[br][br]
8. Breeding System in Pigs

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1. Different types of
mating.[br][br]
2. Merit and Demerit of
each breeding
system.[br][br]
1.
2.
3.
4.
Definition of breeding[br][br]
Types of mating system[br][br]
Advantages and disadvantages of breeding
system.[br][br]
Meaning of Oestrus, Oestrus cycle and
signs of oestrus in sow, time of oestrous,
length and time of evaluation in pigs.[br][br]
– Explanation of mating system[br][br]
– Explanation of the artificial[br][br]
insemination practice and why
it is important in pig
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9. Pigs nutrition and[br][br]

1. Digestive system in pigs. – Explanation of the effects of
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2. Classes of feeds. climate on feed intake in pigs[br][br]
Explain the digestive[br][br]

3. Digestion of food in pigs.
system of pigs.[br][br]

4. Effect of climate on feed intake in pigs

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10. Diseases and Pests in[br][br]

1. Nutritional diseases in pigs – Explanation of the direct and
indirect effects of climate on
pigs.[br][br]
Pig 2. Causes of piglet mortality
Explain the nutritional

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3. Endoparasites in pigs
diseases in pigs.

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4. Direct and indirect effects of climate on
pigs

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