Animal science

1. The expected kidding date of a doe that was bred January 2, 2011 is_____.
A. May 30, 2011
B. June 10, 2011
C. June 15, 2011
D. June 3, 2011
2. The feature that is not characteristics of a backyard cattle production system is_____.
A. Use of soilage and force feeding
B. To augment farm income
C. Raised in farmers spare time
D. Grazing in established pasture
3. The number of the days to feed a 15 kg weaning pig to reach 85 kg market weight, assuming
a daily average weight gain of 700 grams is____.
A. 120 days
B. 150 days
C. 100 days
D. 90 days
4. The end products of roughage digestion in the buffalo cows are the following, EXCEPT ____.
A. Volatile fatty acid
B. Unsaturated fatty acids
C. Butyric acid
D. Three – carbon fatty acid
5. The animal species that has multiple ovulation during the normal estrous cycle is____.
A. Mare
B. Cow
C. Sow
D. Doe
6. The body fluid compartment that is not part of the extracellular fluids is the
A. Cerebrospinal fluid
B. Synovial fluid
C. Lymph
D. Cellular fluid
7. One of the scientists who rediscovered the works of Mendel in 1901 that started the modern
concept of inheritance is
A. Bateson
B. Watson
C. De Vries
D. Johannsen
8. The strongest sign of approaching parturition in ruminant animal is____.
A. Change in the pelvic ligaments
B. Presence of milk in mammary gland
C. Edema of the vulva
D. Enlargement of the vulva
9. The method that is not used to restrict the energy intake of an animal is
A. Lower total feed intake
B. Lower ration density
C. Lower ration fiber content
 D. Lower ration energy content
10. The major portion of the brood ligament which is suspended in the anterior portion of the
vagina, the cervix and uterus is the____.
A. Mesosalpinx
B. Mesocorpus
C. Mesovarium
D. Mesometrium
11. The beef cattle production facility that is in the center of ranch operations to minimize
movement of stock is____.
A. Fence
B. Working
C. Dipping vat
D. Feeding facilities
12. The floor requirement of 3 – 8 weeks old chicks during the brooding period is
A. 1.0 sq. ft/bird
B. 0.3 sq. ft/bird
C. 0.8 sq. ft/bird
D. 0.5 sq.ft/bird
13. The ruminant animal that is characterized by having only one true gastric stomach, but with
additional compartments for fiber digestion is the
A. Broiler
B. Ewe
C. Sow
D. Mare
14. The route of administration of new castle disease (NCD) or avian pest vaccine for 10 – day
old chicks of non – vaccinated parents is through
A. Wing wed
B. Intracloacal
C. Intramuscular
D. Intranasal
15. The stage of the female animal that starts the development of the duct and the lobulo –
alveola system of the mammary gland is at
A. Lactation
B. Parturition
C. Pregnancy
D. Puberty
16. The simplest system of goat production in the country that had a good practice in controlling
endoparasites is____.
A. Semi – intensive
B. Tethering
C. Extensive
D. Intensive
17. The 2008 total milk production in the Philippines from cows, caracows and does is less
than____.
A. 1%
B. 4%
C. 2%
D. 3%
18. The primary factors in selection of the location of poultry are the following, EXCEPT ____.
A. Near a source of clean of water
B. Availability of electricity
C. Well - drain land, no flooding
D. Near other poultry farm
19. Substance animal production is characterized by the following EXCEPT ______.
A. Feeding of rice straw
B. Feeding of waste folder
C. Feeding of stover
D. Feeding of napier grass
20. The process of breaking down of feed particles by mechanical forces, chemical action, and
enzyme activity into suitable products for absorption is called ____?
A. Assimilation
B. Digestion
C. Dissolution
D. Metabolism
21. The process of enzyme secretion that is responsible for the fermentation of ingested feed in
the rumen is the
A. Anaerobic bacteria
B. Protozoa
C. Pylorus
D. Aerobic bacteria
22. The part of the female reproductive track thaT is the site of fertilization and the beginning of
embryonic development after fertilization is the
A. Uterine
B. Oviduct
C. Uterine horn
D. Infundibulum
23. The component of milk that is determined in the laboratory by the lactometer test is
A. Total solids
B. Fat
C. Casein
D. Lactose
24. The process of breaking down of feed particles by mechanical forces, chemical action and
enzyme activity into suitable products for absorption is called ____.
A. Metabolism
B. Dissolution
C. Digestion
D. Assimilation
25. The process of converting a place from a potentially infected state into one which is free
form infection is____.
A. Quarantine
B. disinfection
C. Sanitation
D. Animal hygiene
26. The hormone from the pituitary gland that is responsible for the stimulation of milk
secretion in lactating mammary gland of a dairy cow is_____.
A. ACTH
 B. Prolactin
C. STH
D. LH
27. The term used to refer to the animals in a herd which are affected by the disease but which
do not die is____.
A. Morbidity
B. Immunity
C. Vitality
D. Mortality
28. The daily feeding level of ration for gestating sow to meet daily nutrient requirement is____.
A. 2.5 kg
B. 3.0 kg
C. 1.5 kg
D. 2.0 kg
29. The process of increasing the number of reproductive cells in sexually mature animals
is____.
A. Mitosis
B. Spermatogenesis
C. Fertilization
D. Gametogenesis
30. The body function that is not part of the maintenance requirement of animal for feed/ration
on the various nutrients is____.
A. The maintenance of body temperature
B. The maintenance of body weight or size
C. The maintenance of productive function
D. The support of essential life processes
31. A feeding system where forage is cut green, brought to animals and fed fresh as soilage
is____.
A. Supak feeding
B. Open grazing
C. Zero grazing
D. Tethering
32. The vitamins required by animal body have the following characteristic features, EXCEPT
____.
A. They do not become structural component of the body
B. They are organic component of natural foods
C. They are present and effective in small amounts
D. They can be synthesized normally by the animal
33. The animal species that has a unique feed browsing speeding habit is the____.
A. Carabull
B. Ram
C. Bull
D. Buck
34. The vitamin that is NOT included in the category of fat – soluble vitamin is____.
A. Vitamin E
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin A
D. Vitamin D
35. The level heritability for the following economically important traits in swine is high, except
for the____.
A. Loin eye area
B. Body length
C. Carcass length
D. Number of nipples
36. The recommended animal health procedures in the piggery farm to maintain disease – free
animals are the following, except _____.
A. Washing animals daily
B. Quarantine
C. Vaccination
D. Deworming
37. The type of breeding system wherein purebred american brahman bulls are mated to native
cows of low quality is____.
A. Upgrading
B. Topcrossing
C. Backcrossing
D. Crossbreeding
38. The characteristics feature of commercial feed production are the following, EXCEPT ____.
A. Increasing space requirements per animal
B. Maximizes labor efficiency
C. Control diseases
D. Life cycle comfort
39. The body part that is not a component of the female reproductive tract is the____.
A. Rectum
B. Uterus
C. Vagina
D. Oviduct
40. Parturition, which is giving birth in animals, has the following important stages, except ____.
A. Expulsion of the fetus
B. Dilation of the cervix
C. Myometrical contraction of low amplitude and frequency
D. Expulsion of the placenta
41. The kidding date of a doe that was bred January 16, 2009 was o____.
A. June 10, 2009
B. June 5, 2009
C. June 20, 2009
D. June 15, 2009
42. The activities practiced when animal is fasted before slaughter of livestock are as follows,
EXCEPT ____.
A. Withdrawal of feeds
B. 24 – 28 hours fasting for cattle
C. 12 – 24 hours fasting for pig
D. Withdrawal of water
43. The most important requirements in selection of location of a commercial piggery farm
is____.
A. Near source of feed and market
B. An area far from residential zone
 C. Drainage flows by gravity
D. Slightly rolling topography
44. The function that is not descriptive of the properties of fats or lipids is
A. Made up of 77% carbon
B. Principal constituents of organs and soft structures
C. Soluble in organic solvents
D. Yield 2.25 times more energy than sugar
45. The factor that is not considered a reason for the timely transfer of the pullets to the laying
house is
A. Depress egg production
B. Cause mortality
C. Cause handling stress
D. Avoid egg eating habit
46. In the cost – return analysis of a 100 – broiler production operation, the estimated 65
percentage cost represents the cost of _____.
A. Biologic
B. Feed
C. Chicks
D. Labor, electricity and water
47. The factor which is not responsible for the development of the modern breeds of chicken
is_____.
A. Natural selection
B. Reproductive manipulation
C. Genetic mutation
D. Artificial selection
48. The kind of specialized industry that has contributed to automation and successful operation
of poultry farming is____
A. Feed milling industry
B. Poultry and egg processing
C. Farm facilities factories
D. Biologics and feed supplements
49. The major beef production system in the Philippines is ____.
A. Backyard cattle raising
B. Ranching
C. Commercial cattle raising
D. Feedlot fattening
50. The housing unit where the breeding boars are confined in a four – unit housing system for
commercial – scale pork production is____.
A. Farrowing unit
B. Nursery unit
C. Pre – gestating and gestating unit
D. Growing – finishing unit
51. The functional benefits that are derived from the artificial insemination are the following,
except ____.
A. Increase in the reproductive rate of the female
B. Increase in the number of progeny produced
C. Reduction in the sexually – transmitted diseases
D. Increase in the number of females bred per ejaculate
52. The recommended pen measurement of individual stalled boar is____.
A. 1.0 × 3.0 m stall with height of 1.5 meters
B. 1.0 × 2.1 m stall with height of 1.1 meters
C. 0.6 × 3.0 m stall with height of 1.5 meters
D. 0.6 × 2.1 m stall with height of 1.1 meters
53. The process that is not included in meat curing is
A. Picking
B. Salting
C. Smoking
D. Freezing
54. The factor that is NOT included as strong justification for not keeping broilers longer than
eight weeks in the farm is ____.
A. Price is low per head
B. Poorer feed conversion
C. Physical conformation change
D. Oversize broilers
55. The first and foremost requirements of any poultry ration for practical and economic
considerations is____.
A. Absence of deleterious effects to the birds
B. Poultry feed availability
C. Digestibility of the ration
D. Nutritional adequacy of poultry ration
56. The improved forage grass that is popular for feeding feedlot cattle in a cut – and – carry
system and technically known as pennisetum purppureum is
A. Star grass
B. Guinea grass
C. Napier grass
D. Para grass
57. The type of crossbreeding where purebred animals of two different breeds are used for
crossing is called
A. Crisscrossing
B. Two – breed crossing
C. Three – breed crossing
D. Backcrossing
58. The waterer space requirement of a ready – to – lay pullets kept in group confinement
housing is 3 cm/bird. What watering space will be needed if both sides are used for a 6C0
pullets?
A. 7m
B. 8m
C. 10m
D. 9m
59. _____ is the notation used to refer to the heterogametic sex chromosomes of a hen.
A. ZZ
B. ZW
C. XX
D. XY
60. The feature that is not practical to consider in hand milking of dairy animals is______.
A. 15 milking cows or less
 B. 10 milking cows or less
C. Small herd size
D. Meeting hygeinic standard
61. The causative organism that causes the pig scours disease in 24 – week old piglets is____.
A. Coronavirus
B. Treponema sp.
C. Clostridium sp.
D. Escherchia coli
62. The oldest and the cheapest method of meat preservation is
A. Canning
B. Freezing
C. Drying
D. Curing
63. The factor that is not a requisite of equipment of dairy animals is
A. Low acquisition cost and upkeep
B. Useful, practical and efficient
C. Dependable and accessible
D. Durable and heavy construction
64. The chemical substance that is not a part of the purine – pyrimidine bases which are the
coding system of the gene is
A. Cytosine
B. Thiamin
C. Adenine
D. Guanine
65. The most common air contaminants in poultry houses are the following, except the____.
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Ammonia
C. Dust
D. Humidity
66. The type of feed for broilers that has the highest crude protein content is____.
A. Grower
B. Fattener
C. Finisher
D. Starter
67. The food nutrient derived from feedstuff, essential source of liver glycogen is____.
A. Lipid
B. Vitamin
C. Carbohydrates
D. Multiple birth
68. The crude protein requirement of laying chicken is
A. 17%
B. 22%
C. 19%
D. 14%
69. The type of bacterial disease that is caused by clostridium infection of wounds in pigs
showing signs of muscular spasm, stiffness of limbs and eventually death due to respiratory
paralysis is____.
A. Tetanus
 B. Anthrax
C. Rabies
D. Swine fever
70. The segment of DNA strand in a chromosome considered smallest unit of inheritance is
____.
A. Gene
B. Ribonucleic acid
C. Nuclear material
D. Chromatin material
71. The animal function that is characterized by the ability to produce fertilization, as well as to
provide proper environment for pregnancy in both sexes of the animal is____.
A. Prolicacy
B. Potency
C. Fertility
D. Fecundaity
72. The mammalian species that has no traction capability is the
A. Cattle
B. Camel
C. Horse
D. Carabao
73. The source of water of the animal that accounts for about 5 – 10% of the total water intake
is called
A. Metabolic water
B. Saliva
C. Drinking water
D. Water in feedstuffs
74. The process of enabling animals to survive and reproduce normally under man's care is____.
A. Selection
B. Migration
C. Domestication
D. Evolution
75. What is the daily soilage requirement of a 200 kg yound cattle (with 2.5 DM/BWT), if the
paragrass contains 15% DM.
A. 35 kg
B. 25 kg
C. 28 kg
D. 33 kg
76. The normal color of lean beef carcass is
A. Pinkisk
B. Dark red
C. Bright cherry red to dark red
D. Bright red
77. The sense organ that has rod and cones and response maximally to light of different
wavelengths is the____.
A. Eye
B. Nasal membrane
C. Organ of corti
D. Tongue
78. The nasal laryngeal cavity and the lung of an animal are anatomical attributes of the____.
A. Endocrine system
B. Cardiovascular system
C. Respiratory system
D. Excretory system
79. The compartment of the ruminant stomach that collects dense particles of food and in
regurgitation of ingesta during rumination of animals is the
A. Omasum
B. Rumen
C. Reticulum
D. Abomasum
80. The trait that has LOW heritability among economically important traits in farm animals is
the____.
A. Egg size
B. Back fat thickness
C. Body weight
D. Litter size
81. The component nutrient in milk total solids that has the highest percentage is____.
A. Minerals
B. Lactose
C. Protein
D. Fat
82. The process of discriminating members or group of animals to discard unfit for breeding
is____.
A. Individual selection
B. Sib selection
C. Family selection
D. Culling
83. The strongest sign of approaching parturition in ruminant animal is____.
A. Edema of the vulva
B. Changes in the pelvic ligaments
C. Presence of milk in the mammary gland
D. Enlargement of the vulva
84. What swine is known to be the “red power"?
A. Duroc
B. Pietrain
C. Hampshire
D. Landrace
85. The term given to the premises approved and registered for slaughtering animals for human
food is
A. Fabrication plant
B. Processing plant
C. Abatory
D. Abattoir
86. The phenotype trait that is good basis for selecting breeding gilts is____.
A. Mammary development
B. Animal size
C. Mothering ability
 D. Body length
87. An example of inbreeding in cows is by____.
A. Inbred lines crossing
B. Full sibling mating
C. Interspecific hybridization
D. Upgrading
88. The animal species that does not have a simple stomach for food digestion is the
A. Goat
B. Rabbit
C. Pig
D. Horse
89. The measure of the proportion of the total phenotypic variance that are attributable to the
additive effects of genes that influence the given trait is
A. Selection index
B. Heterosis
C. Heritability
D. Gene frequency
90. The process of heat dissipation where the heat transfer is by means of electromagnetic
waves is
A. Convection
B. Radiation
C. Conduction
D. Vaporization
91. The factor that is not an advantage in favor of the two stage operation system in broiler
production is
A. More efficient utilization of the houses
B. Two separate houses for brooding and growing broilers
C. More frequent intervals of selling broilers
D. More broilers can be raised per year
92. The process that is not involved in the formation of urine in the kidney is the
A. Diffusion and osmosis
B. Glomerular secretion
C. Active transport
D. Tubular reabsortion
93. The animal species where the type of implantation involves the trophoblastic surface
forming specialized absorptive structures called areolae that allow nutrient uptake by the
developing conceptus is
A. Sheep
B. Cattle
C. Horse
D. Pig
94. The mineral element that is responsible for the oxygen transport in the body of farm
animals is
A. Iron
B. Calcium
C. Magnesium
D. Iodine
95. The number of batches that can be programmed for broiler production within the year,
given an all – out growing period of 40 days, a 12 – day cleaning and disinfection of the
broiler house and at least 20 days ordering and delivery of day – old chicken is____.
A. 7 batches
B. 5 batches
C. 8 batches
D. 6 batches
96. The mineral element that is associated with thyroxin function is____.
A. Manganese
B. Iodine
C. Iron
D. Magnesium
97. The nutrient that is not supplied by cow’s milk in providing dietary nutritional value for
human is
A. Protein
B. Vitamin C
C. Calcium
D. Vitamin B complex
98. The change that is not indicative of the manifestation of approaching sexual maturity in
pullets is
A. Excitable and temperamental
B. Friendly and cackles
C. Increased comb size
D. Enlarged vent and abdomen
99. The animal species that is commonly carcass – cleaned by singering is the ____.
A. Chicken
B. Pig
C. Goat
D. Cattle
100. The function that is included among the activities of small intestine of pig is____.
A. Enzymatic action
B. Feed grinding
C. Microbial digestion
D. Feed mixing