NABTEB Animal Husbandry Syllabus Questions and answers 2024
ANIMAL HUSBANDARYAIMS 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.
NABTEB Animal Husbandry Syllabus Questions and answers 2024
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
This subject/trade consists of one paper. This will consists of two sections, viz:
SECTION A: It will comprise of forty (40) multiple choice objective questions to be answered in 40 minutes. This section carries forty marks.
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.
PIG KEEPING IN NIGERIA
S/NO TOPICS/OBJECTIVES CONTENTS ACTIVITIES/REMARKS
1. Pig Raising
1. Importance of pig raising. – Discussion of the reason for Locate the areas in
2. General characteristics of pigs. raising pigs. Nigeria where pigs are
3. Advantages and disadvantages of raising raised. pigs.
2. Pig Management Explain why and where free range, semi intensive and intensive pigs/breeding are practiced
1. 2. 3. Pig keeping practice:
a. free range affectionately n
b. semi intensive
c. intensive
The merits and demerits of each practice. Why and where each practice in (1) above may be preferred.
– Explanation of pig management systems.
3. Pig Housing Explain conventional housing for pigs e.g. backyard round huts etc.
1. 2. 3. 4. Importance of housing pigs. Raw materials used in the construction of pig houses.
Types of pig houses.
Basic facilities expected in a pig house.
– Explanation of the advantages of good housing for pigs.
4. Feeding in Pigs
1. The importance of feeding pigs.
2. The sources of various nutrients.
1. 2. 3. The nutrient requirement of pigs. Sources of various nutrients. Importance of feeding in pigs.
– Explanation of the nutrient requirement of pigs.
5. Pig Feeding
1. Importance of clean environment in pig – Discussion of the need for clean environment in pig raising
– Demonstration of dipping in pigs.
Requirement raising.
Explain the various ways
2. The need of vaccination in pigs. of maintaining a hygienic
3. The uses of dips and disinfectants in pig environment in the raising. Piggery
4. Effects of parasites in pigs.
5. Advantages of dipping.
6. Importance of manure disposal in pig raising.
6. Pig Rearing The terminologies in pig rearing/keeping.
1. Terminologies in pig rearing e.g. boar, saw furrow, piglet, pork etc.
– Discussion of the terminologies in pig rearing.
7. Pigs Breeds
1. Breeds of pigs and their specific features. – Explanation of the breeds of The different breeds of
2. Advantages of breed system in pigs. pigs and their specific features. pigs in the tropics.
8. Breeding System in Pigs
1. Different types of mating.
2. Merit and Demerit of each breeding system.
1. 2. 3. 4. Definition of breeding
Types of mating system
Advantages and disadvantages of breeding system.
Meaning of Oestrus, Oestrus cycle and signs of oestrus in sow, time of oestrous, length and time of evaluation in pigs.
– Explanation of mating system
– Explanation of the artificial
insemination practice and why it is important in pig production.
9. Pigs nutrition and
1. Digestive system in pigs. – Explanation of the effects of Feeding
2. Classes of feeds. climate on feed intake in pigs
Explain the digestive
3. Digestion of food in pigs. system of pigs.
4. Effect of climate on feed intake in pigs
10. Diseases and Pests in
1. Nutritional diseases in pigs – Explanation of the direct and indirect effects of climate on pigs.
Pig 2. Causes of piglet mortality Explain the nutritional
3. Endoparasites in pigs diseases in pigs.
4. Direct and indirect effects of climate on pigs
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