BCS (Livestock) cadre, post code 270: Veterinary Surgeon / Upazila Livestock Officer · Bangladesh · Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC)
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersBreeds, housing, feeding, breeding and record keeping for cattle, buffalo, sheep and goats: the husbandry a field veterinarian advises on every day.
In the exams: Nepal NLEV Animal Husbandry 15 items (its largest block); PRC Zootechnics 12%; ICAR AICE-JRF core group 05; ICAR AIEEA-PG 14 (LPM); RPSC Part A (breeds and home tracts of Rajasthan); TNPSC LPM 20
How our questions for BCS cadre, post code 270 spread across the units of Livestock Production Management I: General Principles and Ruminants. Difficulty: 13 easy, 4 medium, 0 hard.
| Feeding management | 2 | |
| Reproduction management | 2 | |
| Clean milk production | 2 | |
| Livestock statistics and the livestock census | 1 | |
| Breeds and home tracts of cattle and buffalo | 1 | |
| Breeds and home tracts of sheep and goats | 1 | |
| Housing and shelter management | 1 | |
| Breeding management | 1 | |
| Care of calves and heifers | 1 | |
| Care of pregnant and lactating animals | 1 | |
| Identification methods | 1 | |
| Dentition and ageing | 1 | |
| Farm records | 1 | |
| Livestock economics | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
In hot tropical climates, the long axis of a cattle shed is usually oriented:
C. East-west
An east-west long axis lets the morning and evening sun fall on the short end walls, so the roof shades the floor for most of the day. North-south orientation exposes the long sides to low-angle sun.
Further reading: Sastry & Thomas, Livestock Production Management; ICAR Handbook of Animal Husbandry
Using Shaeffer's formula, estimate the body weight of a cow with body length 60 inches and heart girth 70 inches.
B. About 980 lb
Weight (lb) = L x G2 / 300 = 60 x 4,900 / 300 = 294,000 / 300 = 980 lb (about 445 kg). 1,400 lb comes from 70 x 60 / 3, a garbled formula; 14 lb forgets to square the girth (60 x 70 / 300); 196 lb divides by 1,500 instead of 300.
Further reading: Sastry & Thomas (Shaeffer's formula)
A cow with regular cycles and no palpable genital abnormality that has failed to conceive after three or more services is called a:
D. Repeat breeder
That is the definition of a repeat breeder. A freemartin is a sterile heifer twin of a bull; an anoestrous cow shows no heat; nymphomania describes constant heat, usually with cystic ovaries.
Further reading: Noakes et al.
Immediately after birth, the navel of a calf is dipped in tincture of iodine to:
B. Prevent navel infection and joint ill
Disinfecting and drying the navel reduces omphalitis and the joint ill that can follow. Tying, not iodine, controls haemorrhage; iodine on the navel is not a nutritional source.
Further reading: Calf-rearing texts
The recommended method of hand milking a cow with normal-sized teats is:
B. Full-hand (fisting)
In full-hand milking the teat is held in the whole hand and milk squeezed out by closing the fingers from the top. Knuckling bends the thumb against the teat and damages it; stripping is kept for small teats or the last milk.
Further reading: Sastry & Thomas, Livestock Production Management; ICAR Handbook of Animal Husbandry
Adult cattle lack which teeth in the upper jaw?
D. Incisors and canines
Ruminants have a hard dental pad instead of upper incisors and canines. Premolars and molars are present in both jaws.
Further reading: Sastry & Thomas, Livestock Production Management; ICAR Handbook of Animal Husbandry
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