Animal Husbandry
Category : 9th Class
It is the branch of science which deals with the rearing and management of animals, for commercial purposes. Some of the common animals used for rearing are cow, goat, buffalo, fish, poultry, and bee keeping.
Some of the high yielding breeds of buffaloes are Murrah, Mehsana and Surti. The lactation period for these animals are different. For example, for red shindhi it is 321 to 345 days, for sahiwal it is 184 to 354 days, and for Gir it is 230 to 394 days. There are two methods of breeding animals, such as, natural method and artificial methods. In artificial methods semens of desired male bull is injected into the genital tract of female animal, during the deat period and fertilization takes places. It is known as artificial insemination.
Now the cattle feed is also equally important. The animal feed includes two types of substance: Roughage and Concentrates. The roughage largely consists of fibres, silage, hay and legumes, while the concentrates includes the mixtures of substance which are rich in vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates.
The common diseases which are found in catties and buffalo are parasitic disease such as ticks and mites, and infectious disease includes foot and mouth disease, anthrax, hemorrhagic septicemia, black quarter etc.
Some of the common traits of new variates of poultry are: it should be able to produce large number and large quantity of meats in less time and should be able to adjust in various climatic conditions. It should have law maintenance cost and product should be high nutrients. Some of the common diseases founded in the poultry are caused by virus, such as, bird flu, cholera, aspergillosis etc.
The Inland fisheries include rivers, ponds, lake, etc. The common fish founded in this region are catia, labeo, mugil, etc.
Bee Keeping
Rearing and management of bee on large scale for honey, wax etc is called apiculture or bee keeping. There are two variates of bee used for this purposes such as indigenous and exotic breeds. The indigenous breeds include apis cerana indica, apis dorsata and apis florae. The exotic breeds includes apis mellifera, and apis adamsoni.
The rust disease in wheat is caused by which one of the following microorganism?
(a) Puccinia
(b) Wachuria
(c) Pyricularis
(d) Smut
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
The lactation period for red shindhi is:
(a) 184 to 354 days
(b) 230 to 394 days
(c) 250 to 410 days
(d) 231 to 394 days
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Who carried out the first experiment of artificial insemination?
(a) John Dove
(b) Spallanzani
(c) Charles martin
(d) Whitalker
(e) None of these
Answer: (b)
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