Theory question 104
Reproduction in Farm Animals(a) Give three reasons for keeping goats. (b) (i) Define the term oestrus as used in farm animals. (ii) State three signs of heat in a sow. (c) Complete the table below.
FARM ANIMAL | ADULT FEMALE | PARTURITION | YOUNG ONE
I | Cow | II | III
Goat | IV | V | VI
VII | XI | Lambing | IX
X | XI | XII | Piglet
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(a) Any three: meat (chevon); milk; skin for leather; manure; income; social/religious uses; control of bush/weeds
(b)(i) Oestrus is the period when a female animal is on heat and will accept the male for mating
(ii) Any three: swollen, reddish vulva; mucus discharge; restlessness and grunting; loss of appetite; standing still when pressed on the back (stands for the boar); mounting other pigs; ears erect
(c) I: cattle; II: calving; III: calf; IV: doe/nanny; V: kidding; VI: kid; VII: sheep; the adult female in the third row: ewe; IX: lamb; X: pig; the adult female in the fourth row: sow; XII: farrowing
Fill each Roman numeral in (c) with one word.