(a) Complete the following table under the…

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(a) Complete the following table under the following

Name of Disease	Causal Organism Farm Animals Symptoms Control	Farm Animals Affected	Symptoms	Control
Brucellosis
Aspergillosis

(b) Discuss five advantages of the battery cage system in poultry production.

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(a) Completed disease table:

Disease	Causal organism	Farm animals affected	Symptoms	Control
Brucellosis	Brucella abortus (a bacterium)	Cattle, sheep, goats and pigs	Abortion (premature birth), retained placenta, infertility, swollen testes in males, reduced milk yield	Vaccination (e.g. strain S19), test-and-slaughter of reactors, isolation of infected stock, hygienic disposal of aborted materials
Aspergillosis	Aspergillus fumigatus (a fungus)	Poultry (also cattle)	Gasping and difficult breathing, loss of appetite, nodules in the lungs and air sacs, poor growth	Use clean dry litter, avoid mouldy feed and bedding, provide good ventilation, disinfect the houses

(b) Five advantages of the battery cage system in poultry production:

Efficient use of space through high stocking density.
Eggs are clean and easily collected with little breakage.
Diseases and parasites are easily controlled since birds do not touch their droppings.
Individual birds are easily observed and poor layers are readily culled.
Feed wastage, broodiness and cannibalism are greatly reduced.

(c) Five reasons why some extension programmes are not successful in West Africa:

(a) Complete the following table under the following Name of Disease Causal Organism Farm Animals Symptoms Control Farm Animals Affected Symptoms Control Br...