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1. Pashmina fibre in India comes mainly from which goat breed of Ladakh?
C. Changthangi
Changthangi of the Changthang plateau, Ladakh, grows the fine pashmina undercoat; Chegu is the other pashmina goat. Gaddi is a Himalayan meat and hair goat; Beetal and Jakhrana are dairy-type goats of the plains.
Livestock Production Management I: General Principles and Ruminants · Breeds and home tracts of sheep and goats
2. Transhumance is best defined as:
D. Seasonal, repeated movement of livestock between pastures from a permanent base
Transhumance is seasonal and repeated, between defined pastures, by herders who keep a permanent base. Daily grazing near a village is simple sedentary grazing; permanent relocation is migration.
Livestock Production Management III: Species of Regional Interest · Transhumant production systems
3. A veterinary officer suspects an outbreak of a notifiable disease in a village. What should be done first, before laboratory confirmation?
A. Stop movement of animals and products, collect samples and report to the higher authority
Suspicion is enough to act: restrict movement, sample correctly and report at once, then trace contacts. Waiting for confirmation loses days; selling animals spreads disease, which is why compensation exists to encourage reporting.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine II: Viral and Parasitic Diseases · National disease control programmes: FMD, brucellosis, rabies, HS and BQ
4. Which transboundary viral disease of sheep and goats, targeted for global eradication by FAO and WOAH, is a major threat in Africa and Asia?
D. Peste des petits ruminants
FAO and WOAH run a global programme to eradicate peste des petits ruminants by 2030. Maedi-visna and scrapie are chronic endemic diseases; orf is a common skin disease.
Food-Animal Production Medicine & Herd Health · Small-ruminant flock health
5. India's 19th livestock census (2012) counted 512.05 million livestock and the 20th census (2019) counted 535.78 million. What was the percentage increase between the two censuses?
B. 4.6%
Increase = (535.78 − 512.05) / 512.05 × 100 = 23.73 / 512.05 × 100 = 4.6%. Dividing by the new figure (535.78) gives 4.4%, a wrong base; 23.7 is the absolute increase in millions, not a percentage; 46.3% misplaces the decimal.
Regulatory and State Veterinary Medicine & International Trade · Organisation of Veterinary Services (WOAH PVS)
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