a) (i) State Five benefits of keeping bees (ii) Outline the steps involved in establishing an apiary b) (i) State Five ways of enhancing the productivity of...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Animal Husbandry - 2024 (Essay) Subject: Animal Husbandry

Question 1 Report

a) (i) State Five benefits of keeping bees

     (ii) Outline the steps involved in establishing an apiary

 

b) (i) State Five ways of enhancing the productivity of a pig farm

    (ii) State Five management practices that are carried out on piglets from birth to weaning

Answer Details

(a) (i)  Benefits of keeping bees;

  • Honey production/food    
  • Employment/job creation     
  • Prevention of extinction of bees    
  • For research / education   
  • Kept for protection/security/defense 
  • Kept as hobby/leisure
  • Bee sting is medicinal   
  • Source of foreign exchange
  • Bees are pollinating agents of crops   -   
  • Source of raw materials/propolis/wax/royal jelly
  • Income generation/high marketability   
  • Biodiversity/maintenance of ecosystem  


(ii) Steps involved in establishing an apiary;

  • Site selection/identification of a suitable location=      
  • Clearing of the site/create a stand
  • Installation of beehive/set up a beehive  
  • Bait the beehive/stock the beehive with bees
  • Inspection for colonization/rebaiting/restocking
  • Set up warning signs

 

(b)  (i)  Ways of enhancing the productivity of a pig farm;

  • Ensure proper sanitation   
  • Minimize food wastage
  • Give good quality feed/balanced  
  • Pest control
  • Ensure proper record keeping      
  • Rear good quality breeds
  • Provision of adequate water     
  • Brooding of piglets
  • Regular deworming     
  • Provision of good housing
  • Provision of wallowing facility    
  • Vaccination
  • Training of farm workers    
  • Control of pests
  • Good breeding programme/control of inbreeding
  • Culling of diseased/unproductive/aggressive animals
  • Sell at an appropriate age/adopt good marketing strategy
  • Control disease/prevent disease outbreak/biosecurity/isolation of sick 
  • animals
  • Administration of drugs

(ii) Management practices carried out on piglets from birth to weaning;       

  • Isolation of sick piglets      
  • Giving of iron injection
  • Clipping of needle teeth      
  • Use of guard rails
  • Allowing access to plenty of water    
  • Ensuring good sanitation     
  • Prevention of crushing/creep feeding  
  • Provision of veterinary care
  • Provision of nutritious/balanced diet   
  • Fostering of orphaned piglets
  • Proper identification of animals    
  • Provision of straw as bedding at early age
  • Cutting of umbilical cord and apply a tincture of iodine
  • Castration of males not required for breeding
  • Clearing of mucous from the nostril
  • Allowing access to colostrum/regular breastfeeding

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