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Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.
1. Why do indoor-reared piglets need supplementary iron in the first days of life?
D. They are born with small iron reserves, sow's milk is low in iron and they cannot root in soil
Low birth reserves, low iron in sow's milk, very fast growth and no access to soil together make iron-deficiency anaemia predictable. Iron injection in the first days of life is the usual prevention.
Applied Animal Nutrition II: Non-ruminants, Poultry, Laboratory and Companion Animals · Pig feeding standards
2. The protein shell that encloses a viral genome, together with the genome itself, is called the:
A. Nucleocapsid
Genome plus capsid is the nucleocapsid. A capsomer is one of the morphological protein units that make up the capsid, so it is a part, not the whole; the envelope is the lipid membrane outside the nucleocapsid, and peplomers are the glycoprotein spikes in that envelope.
Systematic Veterinary Virology · Virus structure
3. In India, Newcastle disease is also commonly known by which name?
A. Ranikhet disease
Newcastle disease is called Ranikhet disease in India. Gumboro disease is infectious bursal disease, Angara disease is hydropericardium syndrome, and bacillary white diarrhoea is pullorum disease.
Avian Pathology · Newcastle disease
4. What vaccination interval does NADCP use for FMD in cattle and buffalo?
C. Every six months, with each animal ear-tagged and registered
Inactivated FMD vaccines give short immunity, so NADCP vaccinates every six months, identifying each animal with an ear tag and recording it in a national database. Lifelong or three-yearly schedules apply to other diseases and vaccines.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine II: Viral and Parasitic Diseases · National disease control programmes: FMD, brucellosis, rabies, HS and BQ
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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