Livestock Management
Agricultural Science · 50 practice questions
Housing, feeding, sanitation and veterinary care of ruminants, pigs, rabbits and poultry under intensive, semi-intensive and extensive systems, from birth to slaughter.
- Apply appropriate management practices for farm animals under different management systems.
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- Practice question 1
Stocking density guidelines in livestock management mainly help to
- A.encourage overcrowding to maximize the number of animals housed
- B.eliminate the need for any housing space at all
- C.guarantee identical productivity regardless of space provided
- D.prevent overcrowding, which can increase stress and disease risk
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D. prevent overcrowding, which can increase stress and disease risk
Guidelines set safe limits so animals have enough space to remain healthy.
- Practice question 2
Management "from birth to slaughter" mainly refers to
- A.care given only during the animal's final week of life
- B.the entire lifecycle care of an animal in production
- C.care given only immediately after birth
- D.a management approach with no defined timeframe
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B. the entire lifecycle care of an animal in production
This phrase captures the complete production lifecycle of an animal.
- Practice question 3
The zero-grazing system mainly involves
- A.allowing animals unlimited free-range grazing
- B.housing animals with no feeding programme at all
- C.confining animals and bringing cut forage to them rather than letting them graze
- D.keeping animals exclusively in open pasture year-round
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C. confining animals and bringing cut forage to them rather than letting them graze
Zero-grazing confines livestock and delivers forage via a cut-and-carry approach.
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