Animal Husbandry

Question 1

1Which bee product is used to make candles and polish?

Easy

A. pollen B. propolis C. royal jelly D. beeswax

Question 2

2In a honeybee colony, eggs are laid by the

Easy

A. worker B. guard bee C. queen D. drone

Question 3

3A female rabbit is called a

Easy

A. ewe B. doe C. sow D. jenny

Question 4

4Grasscutters (cane rats) are reared mainly for their

Easy

A. milk B. eggs C. wool D. meat

Question 5

5Keeping bees for honey is called

Easy

A. sericulture B. aquaculture C. apiculture D. heliciculture

Question 6

6One advantage of minilivestock such as rabbits and snails is that they

Easy

A. take many years to mature B. need little space and capital to start C. cannot be eaten D. need large grazing land

Question 7

7Rabbits eat some of their own soft droppings. This habit is called

Hard

A. rumination B. regurgitation C. coprophagy D. cannibalism

Question 8

8Rearing snails for food is called

Easy

A. apiculture B. cuniculture C. pisciculture D. heliciculture

Question 9

9Snails need calcium in their diet mainly to

Easy

A. change colour B. build their shells C. move faster D. lay more eggs only

Question 10

10The gestation period of a rabbit is about

Medium

A. 150 days B. 31 days C. 283 days D. 114 days