Animal Husbandry WAEC

Sheep And Goat Production

Visão Geral

Walk through any market in Sokoto or Enugu in the days before Sallah and you will see them everywhere: sheep tethered along the roadside, goats bleating in overflowing pens, prices climbing by the hour. Sheep and goats are Nigeria's two most important small ruminants, kept in nearly every farming household from the Sahel to the coast, yet the two animals are managed differently because they eat differently, grow differently and are prized for different things.

In this lesson you will meet the breeds behind those animals, Yankasa and West African Dwarf sheep, West African Dwarf and Red Sokoto goats, and learn the housing, feeding and health routines that keep each productive. You will finish able to explain the one distinction WAEC returns to again and again: why a sheep is a grazer and a goat is a browser, and what that single fact changes about how each is farmed.

Objetivos

  1. State the common breeds of sheep reared in Nigeria
  2. State the common breeds of goats reared in Nigeria
  3. Explain the management practices in sheep production
  4. Explain the management practices in goat production
  5. Distinguish between the husbandry of sheep and goats

Nota de Aula

Sheep and goats are grouped together as small ruminants: both chew the cud, both are smaller and cheaper to keep than cattle, and both are the animals an ordinary Nigerian household is most likely to own. Together they supply a large share of the meat eaten at Sallah and at naming ceremonies across the country, and their skins feed a leather trade that reaches beyond Nigeria's borders. Treating them as interchangeable is a mistake examiners test directly: a stockman who houses, feeds and grazes a goat exactly as he would a sheep will under-feed one animal or waste pasture on the other.

Avaliação da Lição

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Use esta secção de avaliação como uma oportunidade para reforçar a tua compreensão do tema e identificar quaisquer áreas onde possas precisar de estudo adicional. Não te deixes desencorajar pelos desafios que encontrares; em vez disso, vê-os como oportunidades de crescimento e melhoria.

  1. Which of the following sheep breeds is white with black patches around the eyes, ears and muzzle, and is the most numerous sheep breed in Nigeria? A. West African Dwarf sheep B. Yankasa C. Red Sokoto D. Uda Answer: B
  2. The West African Dwarf goat and West African Dwarf sheep are both especially suited to southern Nigeria mainly because they are: A. Wool producers B. Trypanotolerant C. Dairy breeds D. Draught animals Answer: B
  3. A goat feeds mainly by: A. Grazing grass at ground level B. Browsing shrubs and leaves C. Eating only cereal grain D. Filter-feeding on water plants Answer: B
  4. The Red Sokoto (Maradi) goat is especially valued for its: A. Wool B. Milk yield C. Skin D. Draught power Answer: C
  5. Nigerian sheep breeds are kept mainly for: A. Wool and milk B. Meat and skin C. Draught work only D. Wool only Answer: B

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Pergunta 1 Relatório

(a) Explain each of the following terms as used in animal husbandry:
(i) coprophagy: (ii) rumination (iii) candling (iv) tethering.

(b) List four local materials which could be used for constructing a goat house.

(c)(i) Name the three members of the honey bee colony. (ii) State five ways in which honey beekeeping is important.

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