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SRH611S - SUSTAINABLE SMALL RUMINAT HUSBANDRY - 2ND OPP - JUNE 2024 |
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nAmlBIA UnlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE AnOTECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,NATURALRESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
SCHOOLOF AGRICULTUREAND NATURALRESOURCESSCIENCES
DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURALSCIENCESAND AGRIBUSINESS
QUALIFICATIONS:BACHELOROF SCIENCEIN AGRICULTURE
QUALIFICATIONSCODE: 07BAGA
COURSECODE:SRH611S
DATE: JULY 2024
LEVEL:7
COURSENAME: SUSTAINABLESMALL RUMINANT
HUSBANRY
SESSION:THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER:
MODERATOR:
SECONDOPPORTUNITYEXAMINATION MEMORANDUM
MRS. LUCIA TUYENI-KELAO KAFIDI
DR. HILMA R. AMWELE
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all the questions.
2. Write neatly and clearly.
3. Mark all answers clearly with their respective question numbers.
4. All written work MUST be done in blue or black ink.
5. No books, notes and other additional aids are allowed.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Calculator
2. Examination paper
3. Examination script
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 3 PAGES
(Including This Front Page)
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QUESTION 1
1. If bales of fleece wool are marked as follows, what does it mean? Provide all the
necessary information.
1.1 BM
[2]
1.2 CFF
[2]
{4}
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2.1 Define the term animal husbandry.
[3]
2.2 What are the basic principles also known as 'five freedoms' for animal welfare.?
[5]
{8}
QUESTION 3
3.1 What are the clinical signs of the rickets illness?
[4]
3.2 What are the common diseases that are ought to affect the fertility of the ram.
[3]
{7}
QUESTION 4
Demonstrates the understanding on how the following crucial farm management issues
could be dealt with to comply with FANMeat standards.
4.1 Training
[3]
4.3 Pasture and Feed
[5]
{8}
QUESTION 5
5.1 Describe the Body Condition {BCS)2 {Two) of the sheep.
[8]
5.2 Discuss the history of the Damara sheep of Namibia.
[10]
{18}
QUESTION 6
6.1 Explain the challenges facing the new farmers in running the farm as a business.
[10]
6.2 Explain what the uterus and its functions are thereafter.
[6]
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QUESTION 7
7.1 Assume that some of your sheep were serviced on the 02 July 2022. Calculate the
lambing day. Show all steps involved in determining of the lambing day. [6]
7.2 It is important to keep good record in any farming system. According to FANMeat
standards with regards to record keeping, there are certain forms and documents that
must be filled in timely and submitted to the respective recipients. Express your
knowledge by naming and explaining these forms.
[8]
{14}
QUESTION 8
Evaluate and analyse the small stock industry in Namibia, regarding the types of marketing.
8.1 Abattoir
[5]
8.2 Auctions
[5]
{10}
QUESTION 9
A farmer mated 350 Does and 335 of these were scanned pregnant. 330 of these Does kid,
990 kids were born alive, and 990 kids were weaned.
Calculate the following reproduction parameters for small ruminant livestock production.
9.1 Survival Rate (SR)
[3]
9.2 Lambing Percentage (LP)
[3]
{6}
• QUESTION 15
Calculate the costs of the feed required to feed the ram for two months (December and
January) if each feed ingredient costs N$3.50 per part. A good ration for working rams must be
composed of the following feed ingredients per day:
[9]
2 of parts yellow mealie meal
5 of parts oatmeal
3 of part wheat bran
0.5 of part fishmeal
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TOTAL:
100
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