Classification Of Farm Animals

Visão Geral

Walk into any livestock market in Nigeria, whether it is Kara market in Lagos, the Bodija cattle market in Ibadan, or a poultry stall along the Kano to Zaria road, and you will see animals sorted long before a single kobo changes hands. Cattle stand in one pen and chickens in another, goats are sold by count and eggs by the crate, because farm animals are not one interchangeable mass of livestock. They fall into groups, and the group an animal belongs to decides how it is fed, housed, bred and sold.

In this lesson you will learn the ways WAEC expects you to sort farm animals: by the design of their stomach, by what they are kept to produce, by how and where they are reared, and by how long a species has been part of organised Nigerian farming. The stomach split, monogastric against ruminant, is the one every other topic in this subject leans on, from digestion to nutrition and feeding, so master it first and the rest of the syllabus gets noticeably easier.

Objetivos

  1. Classify farm animals according to their digestive system
  2. Classify farm animals according to their use
  3. Classify farm animals according to their habitat
  4. Distinguish between monogastric and ruminant animals
  5. Give examples of farm animals in each class

Nota de Aula

A livestock extension officer visiting a mixed farm in Iwo, Osun State, finds cattle, goats, chickens and rabbits sharing the same compound. Before writing a single recommendation on feeding or housing, the officer must first answer one question for each animal: what group does it belong to? A ration formulated for a chicken's simple stomach will leave a goat short of the fibre its rumen needs, and a shed built for cattle wastes space and money on rabbits. Classification is not an academic filing exercise. It is the first decision every farmer, extension officer and examiner makes before anything else about an animal can be decided.

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  1. Which of the following is a monogastric farm animal? A. Cattle B. Sheep C. Pig D. Goat Answer: C
  2. The four compartments of the stomach of a ruminant are the rumen, reticulum, omasum and: A. Duodenum B. Abomasum C. Caecum D. Ileum Answer: B
  3. Farm animals kept mainly for both meat and eggs are classified as: A. Draught animals B. Dual-purpose animals C. Fibre animals D. Pseudo-ruminants Answer: B
  4. Which of these is an example of a non-traditional (mini) livestock species increasingly farmed in Nigeria? A. White Fulani cattle B. Yankasa sheep C. Grasscutter D. Large White pig Answer: C
  5. The camel is best classified, on the basis of its stomach structure, as a: A. True ruminant B. Monogastric animal C. Pseudo-ruminant D. Non-ruminant herbivore Answer: C

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TEST OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION

specimens

Study specimen C(Cattle Hoof) ,D ,E(Rabbit) and F and answer the questions that follow.

(a) Mention two other farm animals from which; (i) specimen A (Chicken Egg) could be obtained (ii) specimen B (Cattle Horn) could be obtained (iii) specimen C could be obtained 

(b) State four ways in which specimen A is important.

(c) State one function of each specimen B and C in farm animals 

(d) List three products that could be obtained from specimen B.