Free Animal Husbandry MCQs with Answers

238 Animal Husbandry MCQs from Agriculture, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

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  • A. Voluntary feed intake
  • B. Feed intake
  • C. Total food intake
  • D. Dry matter intake

Explanation: Voluntary feed intake is the quantity an animal consumes freely during a stated period, such as 24 hours, without forced feeding.

Correct answer: Voluntary feed intake
  • A. Ruminantia
  • B. Capra hiricus
  • C. Ovis aries
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Domestic sheep is scientifically named Ovis aries. Ruminantia is the broader ruminant group, while Capra hircus refers to the domestic goat.

Correct answer: Ovis aries
  • A. Sheep meat
  • B. Buffalo meat
  • C. Goat meat
  • D. Cow meat

Explanation: Chevon specifically means meat from goats, just as mutton refers to sheep meat and beef to cattle meat.

Correct answer: Goat meat
  • A. 2 times
  • B. 4 times
  • C. 3 times
  • D. 5 times

Explanation: Colostrum contains substantially more vitamin D than ordinary milk, commonly stated as about three times as much.

Correct answer: 3 times
  • A. Colostrums
  • B. Fresh milk
  • C. Milk
  • D. Whole milk

Explanation: The first mammary secretion around calving is colostrum, which supplies concentrated antibodies and nutrients to the newborn calf.

Correct answer: Colostrums
  • A. Exotic bread
  • B. Tharparker
  • C. Kundi
  • D. Kankres

Explanation: Nili-Ravi and Kundi are the two principal recognized buffalo breeds of Pakistan.

Correct answer: Kundi
  • A. Sahiwal
  • B. Jacobabad
  • C. Lahore
  • D. D.G Khan

Explanation: Dajal is a recognized cattle breed associated with the Dera Ghazi Khan region of Punjab.

Correct answer: D.G Khan
  • A. Teaser
  • B. Censor
  • C. Sensor
  • D. Sterile

Explanation: A teaser is a sterile or vasectomized male used to detect females in heat without causing pregnancy.

Correct answer: Teaser
  • A. Ribs
  • B. Muscles
  • C. Bones
  • D. Tissues

Explanation: Rigor mortis is the post-mortem stiffening of muscles caused by biochemical changes after death.

Correct answer: Muscles
  • A. Ovulation
  • B. Fertilization
  • C. Parturition
  • D. Conception

Explanation: Parturition is the physiological process of giving birth to offspring. Ovulation releases an egg, fertilization joins gametes, and…

Correct answer: Parturition
  • A. Metritis
  • B. Dermititis
  • C. Entritis
  • D. Vaginitis

Explanation: Metritis is inflammation of the uterus, commonly occurring after calving or parturition.

Correct answer: Metritis
  • A. Riboflavin
  • B. Niacin
  • C. Pyrodoxin
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Pellagra results mainly from niacin, or vitamin B3, deficiency and is classically associated with dermatitis, diarrhoea and dementia.

Correct answer: Niacin
  • A. Buck
  • B. Ram
  • C. Doe
  • D. None of above

Explanation: A mature female goat is called a doe. A buck is the male goat, whereas a ram is the male sheep.

Correct answer: Doe
  • A. None of above
  • B. Car
  • C. Teats
  • D. Horns

Explanation: Dehorning is the removal or destruction of horns or horn-producing tissue in livestock.

Correct answer: Horns
  • A. Rectum
  • B. Large intestine
  • C. Small intestine
  • D. Liver

Explanation: The colon is a major section of the large intestine, where water absorption and formation of faeces continue.

Correct answer: Large intestine
  • A. Clover
  • B. Hoofed
  • C. Cloven hoofed
  • D. Cloven

Explanation: Cattle and sheep have cloven or divided hooves, with the hoof split into two digits.

Correct answer: Cloven hoofed
  • A. None of above
  • B. Viral
  • C. Fungal
  • D. Bacterial

Explanation: Calf diphtheria is a bacterial infection, commonly associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum, causing lesions in the mouth or throat.

Correct answer: Bacterial
  • A. Goat
  • B. Cow
  • C. Sheep
  • D. Loin

Explanation: A buck is an adult male goat. The male sheep is a ram, and the male cow is a bull.

Correct answer: Goat
  • A. Blue milk Ring Test
  • B. Bulk milk Ring Test
  • C. Bone meal Ring Test
  • D. None of above

Explanation: BMRT means Bulk Milk Ring Test, a screening test used to detect antibodies associated with brucellosis in pooled milk.

Correct answer: Bulk milk Ring Test
  • A. Removal
  • B. Expulsion
  • C. Abortion
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Abortion is the premature expulsion of a foetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

Correct answer: Abortion