ICAR AIEEA Livestock Production Management III: Species of Regional Interest: practice questions

1 · Yak management · medium

Which statement on yak climatic tolerance is correct?

1. Yak tolerate heat as well as zebu cattle and can be farmed in humid plains
2. Yak tolerate cold and hypoxia but suffer heat stress and do poorly at low altitude
3. Yak need warm housing in winter because their coat lacks an undercoat
4. Yak adapt equally well at all altitudes once given time to acclimatise

2 · Mithun management · medium

Four strains of mithun are described in India. They are:

1. Arunachali, Bhutani, Tripuri and Sikkimi
2. Nagami, Assamese, Garo and Khasi
3. Arunachali, Nagami, Manipuri and Mizo
4. Manipuri, Chin, Kachin and Shan

3 · Donkey and mule management · easy

Gestation length in the donkey is closest to:

1. 9 months
2. 12 months
3. 6 months
4. 15 months

4 · Duck production · medium

A practical way to tell drakes from ducks in adult mallard-derived breeds is that the drake:

1. Has curled tail feathers and a quieter, hoarse voice
2. Lays smaller eggs and has a louder quack
3. Has a red caruncle on the face and hisses
4. Is always smaller and lighter than the duck

5 · Quail production · medium

A white, foamy secretion at the vent of an adult male Japanese quail comes from the:

1. Cloacal gland, and it shows sexual activity
2. Uropygial gland, and it indicates moulting
3. Bursa of Fabricius, and it signals infection
4. Kidney, and it indicates urate overload

6 · Quail production · medium

1000 quail eggs are set. Fertility is 85% and hatchability of fertile eggs is 80%. Hatchability on total eggs set is:

1. 80%
2. 68%
3. 85%
4. 82.5%

7 · Pastoral production systems · easy

A 250 kg TLU eating 2.5% of its body weight as dry matter needs per day:

1. 62.50 kg DM
2. 0.62 kg DM
3. 100.00 kg DM
4. 6.25 kg DM

8 · Transhumant production systems · medium

Gujjar buffalo herders, including the Van Gujjar of Uttarakhand, spend summer in high meadows called:

1. Dhars
2. Bannis
3. Bugyals
4. Rohis

9 · Wildlife management · easy

In a capture-mark-recapture study, 40 deer are marked and released. Later 50 deer are caught, of which 10 are marked. The Lincoln-Petersen estimate of population size is:

1. 80
2. 200
3. 8
4. 12.5

10 · Wildlife management · easy

In a biosphere reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere programme, the three zones from inside outward are:

1. Buffer, core and transition
2. Transition, core and buffer
3. Core, transition and buffer
4. Core, buffer and transition