ICAR AIEEA (PG): Master's entrance, Veterinary Science and Animal Sciences · India · NTA for ICAR
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersManagement of pigs, horses, rabbits, laboratory rodents and companion animals: breeds, housing, farrowing and young-stock care.
In the exams: ICAR AICE-JRF core group 05 (LPM); NAVLE porcine 5%
ICAR AIEEA (PG) — Code 14 Animal Sciences (LPM)
Swine breeds and their characters, gestation and oestrous figures for pig, mare, rabbit and lab animals, farrowing pen dimensions and guard rails, piglet iron anaemia, weaning ages, pheromone effects in mice, and simple indices such as litters per sow per year.
How our questions for ICAR AIEEA spread across the units of Livestock Production Management II: Monogastric and Laboratory Animals. Difficulty: 32 easy, 21 medium, 7 hard.
| Swine feeding and records | 11 | |
| Equine management | 7 | |
| Laboratory animal management | 7 | |
| Farrowing management | 6 | |
| Rabbit management | 6 | |
| Swine breeds | 5 | |
| Laboratory animal housing and ethics-committee norms | 5 | |
| Dog and cat management | 5 | |
| Swine housing | 4 | |
| Piglet care | 4 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
A sow is served on 10 January (non-leap year). Using a 114-day gestation, on which date is she expected to farrow?
B. 4 May
Days left in January after the 10th: 21; February 28 (49); March 31 (80); April 30 (110); four more days gives 4 May (114). 3 June (144 days) overshoots by a month, 24 May is 134 days, and 14 April is 94 days.
What is immunocastration in pigs?
D. A vaccine against gonadotrophin-releasing hormone that suppresses the testes
Immunocastration uses two injections of a GnRH vaccine; the antibodies block the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and reduce androstenone and skatole. It is not an E. coli vaccine, does not use colostrum, and banding is a physical method used in calves and lambs, not pigs.
Where is the P2 backfat measurement taken on a pig?
B. 65 mm from the midline over the last rib
P2 is measured 65 mm from the dorsal midline at the head of the last rib, and is the standard site for live ultrasound and carcass probe grading in many countries. Midline, shoulder and ham sites are other fat measurement points, not P2.
What is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare) called?
C. Mule
Jack x mare gives a mule; stallion x jenny gives a hinny. A zebroid is a zebra hybrid; a jennet (jenny) is a female donkey.
A mare is covered and conceives on 1 April. Using a 340-day gestation, when is the foal expected (the following February has 28 days)?
B. 7 March
1 April + 340 days: April 29, May 31 (60), June 30 (90), July 31 (121), August 31 (152), September 30 (182), October 31 (213), November 30 (243), December 31 (274), January 31 (305), February 28 (333), plus 7 = 7 March. 1 March assumes 11 calendar months exactly; 11 March counts 30-day months (11 × 30 + 10); 7 February is a month short.
About when should a nest box be placed in a pregnant doe's cage?
C. About day 27 or 28 of gestation
The nest box goes in about day 27 or 28, a few days before the 31-day term. Too early and the doe soils it; after kindling is too late, as kits may be born on the wire and die of cold.
Grouped female mice without a male are exposed to male bedding, and many come into oestrus on the third night. What is this called?
D. The Whitten effect
The Whitten effect is the synchronisation of oestrus in grouped females by male odour. The Bruce effect is pregnancy block by a strange male; the Lee-Boot effect is suppression of cycles in all-female groups; the Vandenbergh effect is earlier puberty in young females.
What do the 3Rs of humane animal research stand for?
C. Replacement, Reduction, Refinement
Russell and Burch (1959) defined the 3Rs as Replacement (avoiding animals), Reduction (fewest animals for valid results) and Refinement (minimising pain and distress). The other triplets are not the 3Rs.
A bitch ovulates on 10 March. Using a gestation of 63 days from ovulation, when is whelping expected?
C. 12 May
From 10 March: 21 days to 31 March, 30 days in April (51), then 12 more days gives 12 May (63). 10 April is only 31 days; 28 April is 49 days; 26 May is 77 days.
In India, the sterilisation and vaccination of community dogs, which are then returned to the same area, are governed by which rules?
A. The Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023
The Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, made under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, govern capture, sterilisation, anti-rabies vaccination and release of community dogs to their area. The slaughter house and experimentation rules cover other subjects; dog breeding and pet shop rules regulate commercial breeders and shops.
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