Animal Science (PART 1) Flashcards
This classification of animal includes all even-toed ungulates, usually with two hoofed digits on each limb.
a. Phylum chordate
b. Subphylum Vertebrata
c. Class Mammalia
d. Order Artiodactyla
Order Artiodactyla
Which of the following species is an omnivore?
a. Bos indicus
b. Oryctlolagus cuniculus
c. Sus scrofa
d. Capra hircus
Sus scrofa
It refers to the general shape, form and purpose for which an animal is being raised
a. Type
b. Strain
c. Breed
d. Variety
Type
An established group of fowls by breeding and possess distinctive traits
a. Type
b. Strain
c. Breed
d. Variety
Strain
Ovulation is spontaneous in all domestic species except for this animal which is considered reflex ovulators:
a. Bitch
b. Queen
c. Cow
d. Sow
Queen
An after birth is delivered soon after birth but it may accompany the fetus or precede it. The other term for afterbirth is:
a. Yolk sac
b. Extra-embryonic membranes
c. Trophoblast
d. Epitheliochorial
Extra-embryonic membranes
Estrogen is the female hormone secreted by the ovarian follicle, it is involved in the following functions except:
a. Stimulation of duct growth in the mammary gland
b. Initiation of sexual receptivity
c. Regulation of secretion of luteinizing hormone
d. Promotion of the lobuloalveolar growth in the mammary gland
Promotion of the lobuloalveolar growth in the mammary gland
This structure is considered as site of exchange between blood and the interstitial fluid that surrounds all cells
a. Lymph vessels
b. Alveoli
c. Glomerulus
d. Capillaries
Capillaries
Testosterone is the hormone secreted by the male animal. The following are the functions of this hormone except:
a. Development of body features associated with the male
b. Development and maintenance of libido
c. Development of Leydig cells
d. Responsible for the secretory activity of the accessory organs
Development of Leydig cells
The purebred known to be the “longest breed” among pure breed.
a. Large white
b. Duroc
c. Landrace
d. Pietrain
Landrace
The earliest number of months that swine attain sexual maturity.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
3
The weight at 8 months that the gilt can be culled.
a. <100kg
b. <120kg
c. <110kg
d. <90kg
<90kg
The average heat period of gilts and sows
a. 2-5 days
b. 1-3 days
c. 7-10 days
d. 1-2 days
2-5 days
This swine is known to be the “red power” among purebred hogs
a. Pietrain
b. Hampshire
c. Landrace
d. Duroc
Duroc
This corresponds to the knee of animals
a. carpals
b. humerus
c. tarsals
d. femur
carpals
This hormone is responsible for the characteristic buck odor
a. carpic hormone
b. codric hormone
c. castric hormone
d. centric hormone
carpic hormone
This is the fluid portion of uncoagulated blood
a. serum
b. globulin
c. plasma
d. hemoglobin
plasma
This is a lymphoid organ that acts as graveyard for old or senile red blood ceils
a. liver
b. spleen
c. lungs
d. thymus
spleen
This is a musculomembranous partition that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity
a. pleurae
b. diaphragm
c. peritoneum
d. mesentery
diaphragm
The function of all genes are the following except
a. Control the function of other(structural) genes
b. Copy or replicate itself
c. Store and transmit genetic information
d. Undergo mutation
Control the function of other(structural) genes
Interbreeding depression in most reproductive trait in farm animals is caused by
a. Outcrossing
b. Parent offspring mating
c. Species hybridization
d. Upgrading
Parent offspring mating
The American Brahman breed is an example of
a. Bos indicus (Zebu) cattle
b. Bos indicus humpless cattle
c. Bos Taurus humped cattle
d. Bos Taurus humpless cattle
Bos indicus (Zebu) cattle
In the formula P (phenoytype) = G (genetics) + E (environment), the following are the types of gene action that may be exploited by crossbreeding except
a. Additive gene effects
b. Dominance
c. Epistasis
d. Overdominance
Additive gene effects
- The following are examples of non-Mendelian inheritance except
a. Autosomal linkage
b. Complete dominance
c. Cytoplasmic inheritance
d. Pleiotropy
Complete dominance
The scientific name of European wild boar believed to be the principal descendant of our domesticated pig today
a. S. Scrota
b. S. indiws
c. S. philippinensis
d. S. domestiws
S. Scrota
It refers to a group of animals that has specific traits or characteristics in common and mating within the breed produces progeny that maintains the same set of characteristics
a. Species
b. Strain
c. Breed
d. Hybrid
Breed
It is a breeding technology where the semen is deposited to the sow’s genitalia in time conducive to fertilization through artificial means.
a. Embro transfer
b. Artificial insemination
c. Super ovulation
d. A and C
Artificial insemination
A breed of pig noted for his longest body, square, round ham and believed to have extra pair of ribs compared to other breeds.
a. Large white
b. yorkshire
c. Landrace
d. Both a and b
Landrace
The most efficient method of selection that considers two or more
traits
a. Pedigree
b. Index
c. Tandem
d. Eyeball
Index
Ruminants are animals that has
a. Four chambers of their stomach
b. Three chambers of their stomach
c. Two chambers of their stomach
d. One chamber of their stomach
Four chambers of their stomach
The scientific name of goat is
a. Carpa hircus
b. Capra hircus
c. Capra hercus
d. Carpa hercus
Capra hircus
The cattle that is European in origin
a. Bos taurus
b. Bos indicus
c. Bos bulalis
d. Bos aries
Bos taurus
The percentage of the nutrient value in feed that is excreted with the manure on the soil.
a. 60%
b. 70%
c. 80%
d. 90%
80%
Weight shrinkage of ruminants during transport and marketing is
a. 5-10%
b. 10-15%
C. 15-20%
d. 20-30%
20-30%
The true stomach of the ruminant animal
a. Abomasum
b. Omasum
c. Reticulum
d. Rumen
Abomasum
All of these animals are monogastric except
a. Bos indicus
b. Sus scrofa
c. Meleagris gallopavo
d. Equuz caballo
Bos indicus
- In animals, the term “entire” refers to
a. Uncastrated male animal
b. Castrated male animal
c. Female animal which has given birth
d. Female animal which has not yet given birth
Uncastrated male animal
- One of these diseases is viral and affects almost all livestock and has adversely affected our chances of being able to export our animal products.
a. Bird flu
b. Foot and Mouth Disease
c. Anthrax
d. Mad Cow Disease
Foot and Mouth Disease
- A group of birds developed in the same broad geographical area
a. Type
b. Strain
c. Breed
d. Class
Class
- In chicken, these are red, pendulous growth of flesh at either side of the base of the beak and upper throat
a. Comb
b. Snood
c. Caruncles
d. Wattles
Wattles
- Synarthrodial joins are united by the fibrous tissue or cartilage. The joint between a tooth and its socket is an example of what type of immovable joint?
a. Gomphosis
b. Sutures
c. Synchondroses
d. Syndesmoses
Gomphosis
- It is considered as the pacemaker of the heart because the action potential that spontaneously developed is propagated around the heart to stimulate action potentials in all myocardial cells and produce contaction.
a. Diastolic node
b. Sinoatrial node
c. Atrioventricular node
d. Purkinje fibers
Sinoatrial node
- Horse is an important domesticated animal, the leg and the shawl corresponds to what bones of the horse?
a. Metatarsals and Phalanges
b. Tibia and fibula
c. Radius and ulna
d. Metacarpals and phalanges
Tibia and fibula
- It is a cup-like leaflet structure of the heart that allows only blood flows from the ventricle into the artery and not in the opposite direction.
a. Aurlcular valve
b. Atrioventricular valve
c. Sino-atrial valve
d. Semilunar valve
Semilunar valve
Erythropoiethin is a hormone which regulates erythrocyte production in normal animal; this hormone secrete by what organ of the body?
a. Liver
b. Stomach
c. Bone
d. Kidney
Kidney
- This is done by riding the back or pressing the loin or back of the gilt or SOW
a. Haunch pressure test
b. Semen-on-snout test
c. Riding the back test
d. Teaser method
Riding the back test
- This swine is known to be the “mother breed” among pure bred hogs
a. Large white
b. Duroc
c. Land race
d. Pietrain
Large white
- This is done by applying pressure on the rump with both hands
a. Teaser method
b. Semen-on-snout method
c. Riding the back test
d. Haunch pressure test
Haunch pressure test
- Thisis known to be the “muscle pigs” among the purebred hogs
a. Hampshire
b. Duroc
c. Landrace
d. Pietrain
Pietrain
The act of giving birth to a litter of pigs.
a. Flushing
b. Farrowing
c. Crushing
d. Gestating
Farrowing
- These teeth are absent in horse and cattle
a. canine teeth
b. molar teeth
c. milk teeth
d. incisor
canine teeth
- This is the site of gastric juice production in chicken
a. crop
b. gizzard
c. proventriculus
d. small intestine
gizzard
- This is the structural and functional units of the kidneys
a. alveoli
b. nephron
c. glomerulus
d. nephrite
nephron
- Gall bladder is absent in this animal
a. cattle
b. horse
c. dog
d. cat
horse
- This is the site of fertilization in chicken
a. fimbriae
b. uterus
C. infundibulum
d. isthmus
infundibulum
- ______ leads to random genetic drift because of chance variation or sampling effects/errors.
a. Migration
b. Non random mating
c. Selection
d. Small population size
Small population size
- The magnitude of inbreeding depression in inbred populations depends on
a. Degree or coeffient of inbreeding
b. Dominance effect (d)
c. Frequency of heterozygotes before breeding (2pg)
d.
All of the above
- . The average gestation period in the sow is
a. 114 days
b. 148 days
c. 283 days
d. 316 days
114 days
- Duroc is a breed of
a. Beef cattle
b. Dairy cattle
c. Goat
d. Swine
Swine
- When a gene suppresses the expression of its allele, the former is called the dominant gene while the latter is referred to as the gene.
a. Homozygous
b. Recessive
c. Regulator
d. Structural
Recessive
- This is a common disease in swine also known as classical swine fever where a vaccination program is usually instituted in a pig farm
a. Hog cholera
b. Parvo virus
c. Pseudo rabies
d. Leptospirosis
Hog cholera
- A glit is ready for breeding when she has the following except,
a. 8 months old
b. 100-120 kg LW
c. Sufficient libido
d. Cycled twice
Sufficient libido
- A type of feeder that provides the following pigs wi the unlimited amount of feed to sustain their optimum rate of growth
a. Eat all you can through
b. Self-feeder
c. Auto-feeder
d. Band C
B and C
- A breed of pig characterized with a deep red or rusty color or cherry red color developed in USA and known as “red power” since males belonging to this breed are noted for their aggressiveness.
a. Pietrain
b. Duroc
c. Hampshire
d. Largeblack
Duroc
- This is the term given to a sow from farrowing until weaning
a. Gestating
b. Dry
c. Lactating
d. All
Lactating
- Ad libitum means
a. Limited feeding
b. Unlimited feeding
c. Restricted feeding
d. Unrestricted feeding
Unlimited feeding
- Humped cattle usually found in tropical countries
a. Bos taurus
b. Bos indicus
c. Bos bulalis
d. Bos aries
Bos indicus
- The surgical operation during which the primary sex organs are removed.
a. Artificial insemination
b. Slaughtering
c. Vasectomy
d. Castration
Castration
- The milk produced in the first few days after parturition.
a. Colostrum
b. Filled milk
c. Fresh milk
d. Mastitis
Colostrum
- The reddish yellow mass which forms in a ruptured follicle in the ovary of mammals.
a. Ovarian cyst
b. Corpus luteum
c. Graafian follicle
d. Follicular mass
Corpus luteum
- Duck known as the “Pateros Duck” known and mainly raised for “balut” production
a. Philippine duck
b. Tsaiya
c. Khaki Campbell
d. Philippine Mallard
Philippine Mallard
- A subdivision of a breed on traits like feather color and type of Comb
a. Type
b. Strain
c. Breed
d. Variety
Variety
- Site of gastric juice production in chicken
a. Duodenum
b. Gizzard
c. Proventriculus
d. Cecum
Proventriculus
- Which among the following breeds is not an egg-type chicken?
a. Babcock
b. Cornish
c. Shaver
d. Hisex
Cornish
- The turkey is scientifically known as
a. Anas platyrhynchos
b. Coturnix coturnix japonica
c. Gallus gallus domesticus
d. Meleagris gallopavo
Meleagris gallopavo
- Digestion of roughages in ruminant happens in the rumen. However in young ruminants, what is the structure that cause milk to bypass the rumen and reticulum and pass through the omasum directly to the abomasum?
a. Esophageal sphincter
b. Ruminoreticular groove
c. Esophageal groove
d. Ruminal pillar
Esophageal groove
- The peripheral nervous system provides a mean of communication from the environment where stimuli are received by receptor organs to the central nervous system and to proper organs in the body, muscles and glands. The spinal nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system, what do you call the braid-like arrangements of the nerve that supplies the appendages?
a. Tracts
b. Plexuses
c. Commisure
d. Ganglia
Plexuses
- Reflex centers are located throughout the central nervous system and are involved with the integration with the integration of more complex reflexes. When the animal sneeze and cough, the reflex center involved in these reactions is the:
a. Cerebrum
b. Hyphothalamus
c. Cerebellum
d. Medulla oblongata
Medulla oblongata
- The parasymphathetic nervous system is called the craniosacral system oecause the nerve fibers arise from the cranial nerves and saq I portion of the spinal cord.
a. Excites gastrointestinal motility
b. Contracts pupil of the eye
c. Dilate blood vessels
d. Accelerates heartbeat
Accelerates heartbeat
- Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals which relay, amplify, and modulate signals between a neuron and another cell. The following are examples of neurotransmitters except:
a. Glycerol
b. Acetylcholine
c. Gamma-aminobutyric acid
d. Norephinephrine
Glycerol
- The most essential and the cheapest of all nutrients
a. Proteins
b. Water
c. Minerals
d. Energy
Water
- This swine is known to be the “Belted white” among purebred hogs
a. Large white
b. Duroc
c. Landrace
d. Hampshire
Hampshire
- This is the best period to breed the gilts
a. 6 months
b. 7 months
c. 10 months
d. 8 months
8 months
- The percentage of crude protein for a brood sow ration
a. 14
b. 15
C. 18
d. 13
14
- The percentage of crude protein, Ca, and P respectively for a lactating sow
a. 14, 0.5 and 0.6
b. 18, 0.7 and 0.5
c. 15, 0.6 and 0.4
d. 16, 0.2 and 0.3
15, 0.6 and 0.4
- This is an animal where both testicles failed to descend to the scrotal sac
a. cryptorchid
b. duorchid
c. monorchid
d. anestrus
cryptorchid
- The outer layer of the extra-embryonic membranes which is in contact with the maternal uterine tissues
a. allantois
b. amnion
c. chorion
d. placenta
chorion
- Which of these cells produce the hormone testosterone?
a. spermatogonia
b. Leydig cells
c. spermatocyte
d. sertoli cells
Leydig cells
- Which of the following accessory sex glands in male is absent in tom?
a. geminal vesicles
b. Cowper’s gland
c. prostate gland
d. bulbourethral glands
geminal vesicles
- Part of the oviduct in chicken which is responsible for the secretion of albumen
a. uterus
b. magnum
c. isthmus
d. fimbrae
magnum
determines the sex of the individual.
a. Autosomes
b. Mating system
c. Selection
d. Sex chromosomes
Sex chromosomes
- is the notation used to refer to the heterogametic sex chromosomes of a hen.
a. XX
b. XY
c. zz
d. ZW
ZW
- is the heterogametic sex in horses.
a. Male
b. Female
c. Either male or female
d. Both male and female
Male
- Milk production in cows and egg production in quails are examples of economically important traits which are known as
a. Maternal effects
b. Sex-influenced
c. Sex-limited
d. Sex-linked
Sex-limited
- is when genes that are more closely linked tend to be inherited together more often than those that are located further apart in the same chromosome.
a. Autosomal linkage
b. Pleiotropy
c. Non-nuclear inheritance
d. Sex linkage
Autosomal linkage
- This practice is given to replacement gilts from 7-10 days before breeding to promote ovulation rate.
a. Reconditioning
b. Flushing
c. Deworming
d. Feeding
Flushing
- The ideal temperature in the brooder area for newly born piglets.
a. 30-32°C
b. 38-40°C
C. 33-35°C
d. 26°C
30-32°C
- A practice in solid feeding sucklings where feeds are place in an area out of reach by dam.
a. Creep
b. Solid
C. Wet
d. Dry
Creep
- This practice is done to piglets at birth to prevent them from inflicting wound on the udder of their dam and litter mates.
a. Needle teeth cutting
b. Wolf teeth cutting
c. Black teeth cutting
d. All
All
- The system of identifying pigs commonly practice in any pig farm
a. Ear notching
b. Ear tagging
c. Tattooing
d. None
Ear notching
- Increasing the amount of feed fed to an animal for a short period of time usually just prior to breeding
a. Ration formulation
b. Unlimited feeding
c. Flushing
d. Feed increase
Flushing
- Process of heating the milk at 63°C for 30 mins to destroy any harmful organisms while causing minimal changes in the composition, flavor and nutritive value of the milk.
a. Sterilization
b. Sanitation
C. Boiling
d. Pasteurization
Pasteurization
The land with herbage or forage for grazing animals.
a. Pasture land
b. Farm land
C. Idle land
d. Grazing land
Pasture land
- The feed containing more than 18% crude fiber when dry.
a. Concentrate
b. Grass
c. Roughage
d. Legume
Roughage
- Fresh forage cuts feed animals tethered or kept in sheds.
a. Roughage
b. Soilage
c. Silage
d. Fresh roughage
Soilage
- Organ that serves as the “teeth” of fowls
a. Beak
b. Proventiculus
c. Gullet
d.
Gizzard
- Fowl typhoid is caused by
a. Salmonella gallinarum
b. Mycoplasma gallisepticum
c. Aspergillus fumigates
d. Eimeria spp.
Salmonella gallinarum
- This structure is responsible for producing the inner and outer shell membranes of the egg
a. Isthmus
b. Vagina
c. Magnum
d. Uterus
Isthmus
- The process of removing the testes from young m les to promote meat quality for market birds
a. Spaying
b. Castration
c. Dubbing
d. Caponizing
Caponizing
- An organism which is egg-transmitted causing Chronic Respiratory Disease in poultry especially chicken and turkey
a. Pastuerella multicoda
b. S. Pullorum
c. Mycoplasma gallinarum
d. Bacillus anthracis
Mycoplasma gallinarum
- The following are considered functions of the bones except:
a. Circulation of blood
b. Site for blood formation
c. For storing minerals
d. Gives rigidity and form to the body
Circulation of blood
- Which part of the chicken’s oviduct where the egg stays longest?
a. Uterus
b. Vagina
c. Isthmus
d. Magnum
uterus
- The mouth is the beginning of the digestive system , and it functions as follows except:
a. For chemical digestion of food
b. Initial breakdown of food
c. Use for grasping mechanism
d. Use as offensive and defensive weapon
Use as offensive and defensive weapon
- Which of the following statements does not describe the differences and similarities of muscle cells of the body?
a. All muscle cells are capable of undergoing hypertrophy
b. Both skeletal and visceral muscles are striated
c. All muscle cells are capable of contraction or shortening of cell
d. Cardiac and visceral muscles are involuntary in action
Both skeletal and visceral muscles are striated
During panting, there is an increase in ventilator rate but reduced tidal volume because the increase in air movement is primarily in the upper airways that are not sites of gas exchange. These airways are called:
a. Physiologic dead space
b. Atmospheric dead space
c. Lung dead space
d. Anatomic dead space
Anatomic dead space
- The length of cutting the umbilical cord of the new born piglet from the base
a. 3-4 inches
b. 3-5 inches
c.
d. 4-5 inches
1.5-2.0 inches
- The percentage of crude protein, Ca, and P respectively for a lactating sow
a. Not less than 18, 0.7 and 0.5
b. Not less than 22, 0.8 and 0.6
c. Not less than 20, 0.8 and 0.6
d. Not less than 18, 0.6 and 0.8
Not less than 22, 0.8 and 0.6
- The type of roofing recommended for swine buildings
a. Monitor
b. Semi-monitor
c. Gable
d. Gothic
Monitor
- The elevation or grade of the concrete floor for a 4-meter long pen
a. <10
b. <8
c. <14
d. <12
<12
- The measurements of the door clearance of pens and the width of the door itself for breeding and growing-finishing animals
a. 60 and 45 respectively
b. 62 and 50 respectively
c. 64 and 55 respectively
d. 66 and 60 respectively
66 and 60 respectively
- What hormone is responsible for broodiness in chicken?
a. prolactin
b. progesterone
c. estrogen
d. oxytocin
prolactin
- This hormone is responsible for the development of sperm cells in the seminiferous tubules
a. luteinizing hormone
b. testosterone
c. follicle stimulating hormone
d. adrenocorticotrophic hormone
follicle stimulating hormone
- This hormone stimulates glycogen breakdown and glyconeogenesis in the liver
a. insulin
b. glucagon
c. epinephrine
d. estradiol
glucagon
- This is the neuroepithelial portion of the nervous tunic of the eye
a. retina
b. pupil
c. iris
d. choroid
retina
- The auditory ossicles are found in the
a. external ear
b. inner ear
c. middle ear
d. auricula
middle ear
- The following reproductive biotechnologies may be used to manipulate the reproductive process in cattle, carabaos, horses and goats except
a. In vitro fertilization
b. Embryo transfer
c. Oocyte culture
d. None of the above
Embryo transfer
- Value of heritability which suggests that all the phenotypic variation among the individual in the population is due to additive and non-additive gene effects.
a. -1
b. 0
C. +1
d. +2
+1
- Which of the following breed of livestock or poultry was not developed by Filipino animal breeders at the UP College of Agriculture in the 1920s?
a. Berkjala pigs
b. Los Banos Cantonese chickens
c. Pekin ducks
d. Philamin cattle
Pekin ducks
- The goal in breeding is to increase
a. Frequency of the homozygous dominant genotypes
b. Frequency of the homozygous recessive gentotypes
c. Frequency of the heterotypes
d. A and B only
A and B only
- The Hardy Weinberg Law states that______ frequencies remain constant from generation to generation provided that the population is large, mating is random, and that there is no migration, mutation, and selection.
a. Gene and genotypic
b. Gene and phenotypic
c. Genotypic and Phenotypic
d. Genetic
Gene and genotypic
- It is a fraction of semen that plugs the cervix during natural mating to prevent semen from back flowing.
a. Gel-fraction
b. Pre-sperm fraction
c. Sperm-rich fraction
d. Semen
Gel-fraction
- This is common disease in sucklings where the droppings become watery.
a. Coughing
b. Diarrhea
c. Scouring
d. B and C
B and C
- It is the common type of roofing adopted in backyard hog raising for sow level less than 5.
a. Single span
b. Double span
c. Monitor
d. Semi-monitor
Single span
- This is the term given to pigs 60kg and up
a. Finisher
b. Fattener
c. Slaughter hogs
d. All
All
- A term given to male pigs castrated before secondary sex characters developed.
a. Barrow
b. Stag
c. Wether
d. Gelding
Barrow
- Buffalo with chevron at the ventral side of the neck.
a. Dairy buffalo
b. Riverine buffalo
c. Swamp buffalo
d. Murrah buffalo
Swamp buffalo
Mating of two individual animal that arerelated to each other.
a. Breeding
b. Cross breeding
c. Upgrading
d. Inbreeding
Inbreeding
- A phenomenon wherein the offspring will perform better than their parents.
a. Heterosis
b. Outbreeding
c. Mutation
d. Libido
Heterosis
- Another term for stocking rate is
a. Growth rate
b. Carrying capacity
c. Initial rate
d. Stock yard
Carrying capacity
- The two most popular native vegetation in the Philippines
a. Cogan and paragrass
b. Paragrass and stargrass
c. Cogan and bagokbok
d. Bagokbok and paragrass
Cogan and bagokbok
- The removal of a part of the comb of day-old chicks
a. Clipping
b. Dubbing
c. Spaying
d. Debeaking
Dubbing
- A feed conversion ratio of 2.9 means that
a. The animal ate 1 kg feed to produce 1.9kg of gain
b. The total feed intake of the broiler is 1.9kg
c. The broiler ate 1.9kg feed to produce 1kg of gain
d. The broiler is 1.9kg
The broiler ate 1.9kg feed to produce 1kg of gain
- Magnolia chicken is actually from the breed
a. Lohmann
b. Ross
c. Arbor Acre
d. Phil-Malay
Arbor Acre
- The development of chicks from unfertilized egg
a. Fecundity
b. Hatchability
c. Oogenesis
d. Parthenogenesis
Parthenogenesis
- This reproductive organ is otherwise known as the shell gland. In colored eggs, the pigment is added in this section
a. Magnum
b. Vagina
c. Uterus
d. Infundibulum
Uterus
- The cardiovascular system is composed of the blood vessels together with the heart, the following are the functions of this system except:
a. Transports hormone
b. Carries oxygen to the lungs from the different tissues
c. Helps maintain water equilibrium in the body
d. Assist in overcoming disease
Carries oxygen to the lungs from the different tissues
- Which statement is not true about animals whose testis/testes failed to descend into the scrotum?
a. Both cryptorchid and monorchid could be used as breeders
b. A crytochid is likely to be sterile
c. A monorchid is fertile
d. Both cryptorchid and monorchid produce testosterone
Both cryptorchid and monorchid could be used as breeders
- The most important factor associated with seasonal breeding in domestic animals is:
a. The age of the animals
b. Nutritional status of the animals
c. The species characteristics
d. Photoperiod
Photoperiod
- The starch-digesting enzyme amylase is present in the saliva of some domestic animals. In which animal does the enzyme most abundantly?
a. Cat
b. Pig
c. Horse
d. Dog
Pig
- Which hormone is responsible for the rupture of fully grown follicles in the ovary?
a. Progesterone
b. Luteinizing hormone
c. Estrogen
d. Follicle stimulating hormone
Luteinizing hormone
- This is the height were the automatic waterer for suckling pigs is placed
a. 5-8cm from the floor
b. 8-10cm from the floor
c. 12-14cm from the floor
d. 15-20cm from the floor
15-20cm from the floor
- This is the height were the automatic waterer for weanling pigs is placed
a. 10 -12cm from the floor
b. 14 -16cm from the floor
c. 18 -20cm from the floor
d. 22 -24cm from the floor
10 -12cm from the floor
- This is the height were the automatic waterer for grower pigs is placed
a. 10 -12cm from the floor
b. 14 -16cm from the floor
c. 18 -20cm from the floor
d. 22 -24cm from the floor
18 -20cm from the floor
- This is the height were the automatic waterer for grower pigs is placed
a. 16 -17cm from the floor
b. 18 -19cm from the floor
c. 20 -21cm from the floor
d. 22 -25cm from the floor
20 -21cm from the floor
- The recommended quarantine period for swine
a. Not less than 20 days
b. Not less than 40 days
c. Not less than 30 days
d. Not less than 5O days
Not less than 40 days
- This is a protective mechanism of animals against profound cooling
a. hibernation
a. panting
b. estivation
c. chilling
hibernation
- This refers to the range of environmental temperature within which the animal does not have to adopt to the environment
a. critical temperature
b. comfort zone
c. body temperature
d. subnormal temperature
comfort zone
- Which of the following is not a way of removing moisture or water from the animal’s body?
a. panting
b. respiration
c. sweating
d. none of the above
none of the above
- The average body temperature of goat is
a. 37.6 °C
b. 39.1°C
C. 38.3 °C
d. 40.1°C
39.1°C
- This refers to a rise in body temperature that develops during pathological conditions
a. fever
b. hyperthermia
c. hypothermia
d. heat stroke
fever
The following reproductive biotechnology increases the reproduction rate in the bull, buck, boar or ram.
a. Multiple ovulation and Embryo transfer (MOET)
b. Artificial insemination (Al)
c. In vitro fertilization (IVF)
d. Cryopreservation
Artificial insemination (Al)
- In Mendel’s Law of Segregation, the following are stated except
a. Genes determine characters
b. Genes occur in pairs
c. Only one of the gene pair is transmitted by a particular gamete
d. Segregation and recombination is random
Genes determine characters
- In a segment of DNA, adenine is an example of
a. Amino acid
b. Nucleotide
c. Purine
d. Pyrimidine
Purine
- ______ is the term for gametogenesis in the cow
a. Fertilization
b. Heterosis
c. Oogenesis
d. Spermatogenesis
Oogenesis
165.________ is a segment of the DNA which determines the base sequence of nucleotide in the mRNA that makes up the code for a certain biological function.
a. Chromosome
b. Gamete
c. Gene
d. Genotype
Gene
- This process in piglet processing is done to prevent/minimize possible tail biting during growing -finishing stage
a. Cleaning
b. Needle teeth cutting
c. Ear notching
d. tail docking
tail docking
- A term applied to sow from weaning until subsequent breeding.
a. Gestating sow
b. Dry sow
c. Lactating sow
d. Both b and c
Dry sow
- A system of breeding recommended in the production of slaughter pigs to take advantage of heterosis
a. Pure breeding
b. Inbreeding
c. Upgrading
d. Crossbreeding
Crossbreeding
- A term given to the removal of male testes through surgical means
a. Spaying
b. Caponization
c. Castration
d. Vasectomy
Castration
- A term given to piglets after their separation from the dam.
a. Weanlings
b. Growers
c. Finishers
d. Growing -finishing hogs
Weanlings
- Arachis pintoi is an example of
a. Grass
b. Ornamental
c. Silage
d. Legume
Legume
- Measurement of feed consumption by an animal in the pasture
a. Animal unit
b. Kilogram
c. Grams per body weight
d. Dry matter
Animal Unit
Thickness x weight x length is
a. No. of lumber
b. No. of board feet
c. No. of post
d. No. of kilometers
No. of board feet
- Fencing cost is the summation cost of
a. Labor, nails and wire
b. Labor and wire
c. Labor, post and wire
d. Labor, post, wire and nails
Labor, post, wire and nails
- A dual type breed of chicken
a. Cochin
b. Frizzle
c. Bantam
d. Cantonese
Cantonese
- This pigment which is derived from the feed produces the yellow color of the skin and shanks in chicken
a. Hemoglobin
b. Xanthophylls
c. Chlorophylls
d. Methionine
Xanthophylls
- A collective term for all domestic birds rendering economic services to man and can refer also to dressed carcasses of fowls
a. Poultry
b. Broilers
C. Chicken
d. Avian
Poultry
- The urine is white to cream colored and much of it consists of a thick, pasty mucoid material that contains
a. Hydrochloric acid
b. Gastric acid
c. Ascorbic acid
d. Uric acid
Uric acid
- The adult male parent turkey is called
a. Drake
b. Cock
c. Rooster
d. Tom
Tom
- It refers to the provision of care especially heat and lighting to chicks beginning from the time of hatching until they no longer need it
a. Vaccination
b. Brooding
c. Breeding
d. Rearing
Brooding
- The Muscovy duck is known scientifically as
a. Anas platyrhynchos
b. Cairina moschata
c. Anser anser
d. Coturnix coturnix japonica
Cairina moschata
- One of the most popular breed of geese for meat production and is known to be the largest
a. Chinese
b. Buff
c. Touluse
d. Pilgrim
Touluse
- Period where embryonic development takes place outside the body of the hen
a. Gestation
b. Incubation
c. Hatching
d. Band Conly
Incubation
- The act of egg laying
a. Ovulation
b. Oviposition
c. Deposition
d. Incubation
Oviposition
There are three processes involved in urine formation, which of the following is not included?
a. Deselective tubular secretion
b. Glomerular filtration
c. Selective tubular reabsorption
d. Selective tubular absorption
Selective tubular absorption
- Spematids are the cells resulting from the second meiotic division in the seminiferous tubules. What is the term for series of functional and structural changes undergone by a spermatid to become a spermatozoa?
a. Mitosis
b. Spermiogenesis
c. Acrosome reaction
d. Spermatogenesis
Spermatogenesis
- In ruminants dietary carbohydrates are fermented in the rumen to become volatile fatty acids. What VFA is the major source of glucose and glycogen in the ruminant?
a. Butyric acid
b. Acetic acid
c. Propionic acid
d. Lactic acid
Acetic acid
- Ventilation is the process by which air is moved in and out of the lungs. The volume of air that moved during each breath is known as
a. Respiratory volume
b. Residual volume
c. Inspiratory reserve volume
d. Tidal volume
Tidal volume
- Only the exocrine secretions of the pancreas are involved in the digestive process. Which of the following secretions are involved in the neutralization of the chime from the stomach?
a. Amylase
b. Lipase
c. Protease
d. Bicarbonates
Bicarbonates
- The 5-shape structure in the penis is called the sigmoid flexure. Erection causes extension of this structure. Sigmoid flexure is located pre-scrotally in what male animal?
a. Ram
b. Stallion
c. Boar
d. Bull
Boar
- The exposure of animal to extreme environmental heat will initiate a response from its body. Which is not a physiologic response of the animal’s body?
a. There will be an increase in evaporation loss like sweating
and panting
b. There will be vasodilation
c. There will be vasoconstriction
d. All of the above
There will be vasoconstriction
d. All of the above
- What type of breeding is applied when a native doe is mated with an Anglo-Nubian buck?
a. Backcrossing
b. Line breeding
c. Upgrading
d. Inbreeding
Upgrading
- Water is the most abundant constituent of the body fluids compromising 60% of the total body weight. The following statements best described the functions of water except:
a. Transport granular products
b. It functions as a lubricant
c. Helps regulate body temperature
d. All of the above
All of the above
- The type of gene action which involve non-allelic interaction of genes with complementary or inhibitory effects.
a. Complete dominance
b. Crossing
c. Epistasis
d. Overdominance
Epistasis
This is the height were the automatic waterer for grower pigs is placed
a. 16-17cm from the floor
b. 18-19cm from the floor
c. 20-21cm from the floor
d. 22-25cm from the floor
22-25cm from the floor
- The recommended quarantine period for swine
a. Not less than 20 days
b. Not less than 40 days
c. Not less than 30 days
d. Not less than 50 days
Not less than 40 days
- The superiority of the crossbred offspring over the average of the purebred parents
a. Close breeding
b. Hybrid vigor
c. Inbred
d. Line breeding
Hybrid vigor
- This breed has a major defect on its hind legs particularly the pastern
a. Duroc
b. Landrace
c. Large white
d. Pietrain
Landrace
- Cherry red is the most common color of this breed
a. Duroc
b. Landrace
c. Large white
d. Pietrain
Duroc
- An example of hybrid swine present in the country
a. Duroc
b. Landrace
c. Large white
d. Nieuw Dalland
Nieuw Dalland
