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Topic 9: Types of Changes in the Environment
Natural vs. People-Made Environmental Changes →
THEME: MANAGING CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT...
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Topic 10: Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
Small Ruminants & Piggery: Terminology, Biology & Importance →
THEME: SCIENCE IN HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND OCCU...
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Topic 10: Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
Routine Management Practices & The Livestock Crush →
1. Routine Husbandry Practices in Livestock Farming To ensure high productivity, healthy animals, and safe handling, farmers carry out standard routine operations: ...
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Topic 10: Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
Diseases and Parasites of Goats, Sheep, and Pigs →
1. Major Livestock Diseases in Small Ruminants & Pigs Diseases lower farm profits by reducing milk and meat production, causing abortions, and killing livestock. Diseases are caused by bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi....
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Section A (1 Mark)
Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
Topical Evaluation
Name the farm structure used to hold cattle or goats firmly during hand spraying, drenching, or vaccination.
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Correct Answer / Guide:
Livestock Crush (or Crush).
Livestock Crush (or Crush).
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Section B (4 Marks)
Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
National PLE Question
The diagram below represents housing and management in goat farming:
(a) State the role of guard rails in a farrowing pen. (1 mark)
(b) Why should the floor of a goat shed be made of wooden slats raised off the ground? (1 mark)
(c) Name any two routine operations carried out in a livestock crush. (2 marks)
(a) State the role of guard rails in a farrowing pen. (1 mark)
(b) Why should the floor of a goat shed be made of wooden slats raised off the ground? (1 mark)
(c) Name any two routine operations carried out in a livestock crush. (2 marks)
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Correct Answer / Guide:
(a) To prevent the sow from rolling over and crushing her piglets to death.
(b) To allow urine and droppings to fall through so the floor stays dry, preventing foot rot.
(c) (i) Drenching / Deworming (ii) Hand spraying / vaccination / hoof trimming.
(a) To prevent the sow from rolling over and crushing her piglets to death.
(b) To allow urine and droppings to fall through so the floor stays dry, preventing foot rot.
(c) (i) Drenching / Deworming (ii) Hand spraying / vaccination / hoof trimming.
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Section B (4 Marks)
Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
Topical Evaluation
Livestock breeds have different commercial adaptations:
(a) Name the exotic goat breed kept primarily for high milk production. (1 mark)
(b) Which sheep breed is world-famous for producing fine wool? (1 mark)
(c) Give any two reasons why local indigenous goats like the Small East African goat are preferred by subsistence farmers. (2 marks)
(a) Name the exotic goat breed kept primarily for high milk production. (1 mark)
(b) Which sheep breed is world-famous for producing fine wool? (1 mark)
(c) Give any two reasons why local indigenous goats like the Small East African goat are preferred by subsistence farmers. (2 marks)
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Correct Answer / Guide:
(a) Saanen (or Toggenburg).
(b) Merino sheep.
(c) (i) They have high resistance to local tick-borne diseases and parasites (ii) They can survive on poor quality browse and pasture.
(a) Saanen (or Toggenburg).
(b) Merino sheep.
(c) (i) They have high resistance to local tick-borne diseases and parasites (ii) They can survive on poor quality browse and pasture.
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Section B (4 Marks)
Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
Topical Evaluation
A farmer noticed his goats were limping and producing a bad smell from their hooves:
(a) Which livestock disease is the farmer's herd likely suffering from? (1 mark)
(b) State the environmental condition in the goat pen that promotes this disease. (1 mark)
(c) Outline any two measures the farmer should take to control this disease. (2 marks)
(a) Which livestock disease is the farmer's herd likely suffering from? (1 mark)
(b) State the environmental condition in the goat pen that promotes this disease. (1 mark)
(c) Outline any two measures the farmer should take to control this disease. (2 marks)
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Correct Answer / Guide:
(a) Foot rot.
(b) Wet, muddy, and dung-filled dirty floors.
(c) (i) Regularly trim overgrown hooves (ii) Walk goats through a copper sulphate footbath (iii) Keep pens clean and dry (use slatted floors).
(a) Foot rot.
(b) Wet, muddy, and dung-filled dirty floors.
(c) (i) Regularly trim overgrown hooves (ii) Walk goats through a copper sulphate footbath (iii) Keep pens clean and dry (use slatted floors).
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Topic 10 • Equipment
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Name any two operations performed on livestock inside a crush.
(1) Hand spraying acaricides against ticks, and (2) Drenching with anthelmintics or administering routine vaccinations.