MARKING SCHEME FOR ANIMAL d.

Specimen A (tapeworm) can be

HUSBANDRY PRACTICAL SS 3 transmitted through meat (specimen C) to
man
The information here is highly
Prevention: Proper sanitation in livestock
confidential. Efforts should be made
therefore to avoid candidates getting to husbandry
know of this either directly or indirectly Personal hygiene: meat should be properly
before examination. cooked. Eat meat certified free from
Each candidate should be instructed to infection by meat inspectors. There should
bring to the examination hall/laboratory be through inspection of animals before
a. sharpened drawing pencil (HB) slaughtering
b. an eraser
e. intermediate hosts of tapeworm are pig,
c. a ruler
cattle, sheep, goat, earthworm, housefly
Candidates should be provided with the and ant.
following
a. a sharp razor blade or scalpe 2a. Specimen D is a piece of rumen which
b. Petri dish is derived from the alimentary canal of
c. hand lens ruminant animals eg. Cow
d. laboratory mortar and pestle
Specimen e is gizzard or alimentary canal
SPECIMENS of poultry bird up to gizzard. It is derived
A= Tapeworm (Taenia Solium) from alimentary canal of bird
B = Roundworm (Ascaris Lumbricoids) b. Specimen d is possessed by ruminant
C= Meat animals like cattle, sheep, and goat while
D= Rumen specimen E is derived from non-ruminant
E= Gizzard especially, poultry birds. eg, domestic fowl
F= Fresh skin of fowl
G= Horn c. Feed Y contains 80% mailed maize cobs
H= Chick’s water fountain and 60% maize powder while Z contains
I= Wooden feed trough 40% milled cobs and 90% maize powder.
J= Egg Candler From the above feeds, a farmer would
K = Lantern prefer to feed his livestock possessing
specimen D (rumen) with feed Z reasons
MARKING SCHEME FOR
i. Livestock possessing specimen D has
PRACTICAL (30 MARKS)
1a. Specimen A is tapeworm; specimen B complex stomach structure which can
is roundworm; specimen C is meat (beef, easily digest feed Y
pork, mutton, chevon) ii. The digestion of Y is aided by bacteria
b. Specimen A is found in cattle, pig, goat iii. Feed y is high in crude fibre and low in
and sheep; specimen B is found in cattle, carbohydrate
pig goat, poultry, rabbit iv. The livestock can ruminate of feed Y
c. Parts of the animals where tapeworm
and roundworm are found are: Tapeworm,
Duodenum/small intestine/gastro intestinal
tract
Round; Small intestine
 iii. It is placed on the floor of the deep
litter house or on a raised platform
iv. The chick’s gather round the trough to
drink water from the base

I: i. The feed is poured directly

into the wooden trough and spread inside
ii. Trough should be half-filled to avoid
3a. Identify specimen F and G
wastages resulting from scratching by
F: is a fresh skin of fowl
chicks when feeding
G: Is Horn
iii. Trough is re-filled regularly as the
b. Specimen F is derived from poultry
content diminishes
birds such as domestic fowl, turkey, goose,
iv. It is usually placed on the floor of deep-
duck etc.
litter house
While specimen G is derived from
ruminant animals like cattle, sheep and
J: Egg Candler i. The egg is placed in a
goat
hole on the Candler, and the light is
c. F: i. it protects the internal organs
switched on to illuminate the egg
ii. It prevents the entrance of disease
ii. This, revealing the eggs contents
organisms
particularly the developing embryo
iii. It helps to regulate their body
iii. The egg Candler is usually used during
temperature
or before incubation to determine the
iv. Fats are stored under the dermis
fertility of eggs
of mammal
G: They are used for fighting or defending
K: i. Lanterns are used for providing
themselves against enemies
light to fowls at night
d. Specimen G to man:
ii. Lanterns are used for providing heat
i. Horn are used industrially as raw
during brooding
materials in knife handles and belt heads
iii. It is used by fowls (layers) to increase
ii. They are used for decorative purpose
the rate of egg production
and as ornamental
iv. Lanterns are also useful in egg candling
iii. They can be used to make fertilizers
c. State one advantage each of using
because they are rich in calcium and
specimen H and I
phosphorous
H: Chicks water trough
iv. Some are used in music and dances
i. The water inside the trough cannot be
easily contaminated by the chick’s
4a. Specimen H: Chick’s water trough
droppings
I: wooden feed trough
ii. The system is cheap
K: Lantern
iii. It is self regulating, thus avoiding water
b. H: i. Water is poured into the
wastage
container and then covered with the base
ii. The container is turned upside down so
I: Wooden feed trough
that water drips out of a small opening into
i. It is easy to construct
cover which serves as the base
ii. It is cheap to construct
iii. It is easy to maintain
iv. it reduces feed wastage
v. it reduces feed contamination

d. Disadvantage of using specimen K;

Lantern
i. The fumes/smokes are unhealthy to
chicks
ii. It can cause a fire disaster
iii. Chick’s can get injured or killed when
they jump on top of the lantern
iv. It is not very effective as very few
chicks’ can be taken care of.