Neco 2026 Live Stock Farming Practical Answers

Neco 2026 Live Stock Farming Practical Answers

Neco 2026 Live Stock Farming Practical Answers

(1a)
A: Hen
B: Rabbit

(1b)
A:
(PICK ANY THREE)
(i) Comb
(ii) Beak
(iii) Wattles
(iv) Wings
(v) Tail
(vi) Nostrils

B:
(PICK ANY THREE)
(i) Ears
(ii) Eyes
(iii) Nose
(iv) Whiskers
(v) Tail

(1c)
A: Deep litter house
B: Hutch

(1d)
(PICK ANY THREE)
(i) Vaccinate the birds regularly.
(ii) Deworm the birds periodically.
(iii) Maintain proper sanitation by cleaning and disinfecting the poultry house.
(iv) Isolate and treat sick birds promptly.
(v) Control parasites such as lice, mites and ticks.

(1e)
(PICK ANY FIVE)
(i) Restlessness.
(ii) Swollen and reddish or purple vulva.
(iii) Frequent urination.
(iv) Mounting or allowing mounting of other rabbits
(v) Reduced appetite.
(vi) Raising the hindquarters (lordosis) when touched.
(vii) Increased activity and nervousness.
(viii) Rubbing the chin on objects more often.

(1f)
(PICK ANY FOUR)
(i) Both ingest food through the mouth.
(ii) Both carry out mechanical digestion before chemical digestion.
(iii) Both use digestive enzymes to break down food.
(iv) Both digest food in the stomach.
(v) Both absorb digested nutrients in the small intestine.
(vi) Both absorb water in the large intestine.
(vii) Both eliminate undigested food through the anus.

Neco 2026 Live Stock Farming Practical Answers

(2a)
C: Maize Offal
D: Bone Meal
E: Elephant Grass.

(2b)
C: Carbohydrate
D: Mineral

(2c)
C:
(PICK ANY TWO)
(i) Supplies energy for body activities.
(ii) Provides energy for growth and production.
(iii) Helps maintain body temperature.
(iv) Can be converted to fat and stored as energy reserve.

D:
(PICK ANY TWO)
(i) Promotes the formation and strengthening of bones and teeth.
(ii) Aids blood clotting.
(iii) Supports muscle contraction.
(iv) Helps in proper nerve functioning.
(v) Essential for eggshell formation in laying birds.
(v) Helps maintain healthy body tissues.

(2d)
C:
(PICK ANY TWO)
(i) Milling or grinding the maize grains.
(ii) Sieving to separate the maize offal.
(iii) Drying the maize offal.
(iv) Packaging and storing the maize offal.

D:
(PICK ANY TWO
(i) Collecting and cleaning the bones.
(ii) Boiling or steaming the bones.
(iii) Drying the bones thoroughly.
(iv) Crushing or grinding the dried bones into powder.

(2e)
C: Ketosis
D: Rickets

(2f)
(PICK ANY THREE)
(i) Long, narrow leaves.
(ii) Tall, erect stem.
(iii) Thick, fibrous stem.
(iv) Grows in clumps.
(v) Stem has distinct nodes and internodes.

(2g)
Vegetative propagation using stem cuttings.

(2h)
Pennisetum purpureum

Neco 2026 Live Stock Farming Practical Answers

(3a)
F: Goat
G: Tick
H: Hides

(3b)
(i) Red Sokoto (Maradi) goat
(ii) Sahel goat

(3c)
(PICK ANY FOUR)
(i) Good body size and conformation.
(ii) Fast growth rate.
(iii) High fertility.
(iv) Good health and disease resistance.
(v) Well-developed udder or testes.
(vi) Freedom from physical defects or deformities.

(3d)
(PICK ANY FOUR)
(i) Causes loss of blood, leading to anaemia.
(ii) Transmits diseases to goats.
(iii) Causes skin irritation and wounds.
(iv) Reduces growth rate and productivity.
(v) Damages the skin, reducing leather quality.

(3e)
(PICK ANY THREE)
(i) Spray the animals with recommended acaricides.
(ii) Dip the animals in an acaricide solution.
(iii) Hand-pick and destroy the ticks.
(iv) Clear bushes and tall grasses around the farm to reduce tick breeding.
(v) Maintain good sanitation around the animal house.

(3f)
(PICK ANY ONE)
(i) Dermatophilosis.
(ii) Lumpy skin disease.
(iii) Ringworm

(3g)
(PICK ANY TWO)
(i) Clean and disinfect the affected area.
(ii) Apply appropriate antiseptic or medicated ointment.
(iii) Administer the recommended veterinary drugs as prescribed.
(iv) Isolate affected animals to prevent the spread of infection.

(3h)
(PICK ANY ONE)
(i) Reduces the quality of the hide.
(ii) Lowers the market value of the hide.
(iii) Produces holes and scars on the leather.
(iv) Makes the hide unsuitable for high-quality leather production.
(v) Leads to rejection of the hide during grading.

Neco 2026 Live Stock Farming Practical Answers

Neco 2026 Live Stock Farming Practical Answers