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SRH611S - SUS SMALL RUMINANT HUSBANDRY - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2025 |
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nAm I BIA un1VERSITY
OF SCIEnCEAnDTECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF HEALTH, NATURAL RESOURCES AND APPLIED SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND AGRIBUSINESS
QUALIFICATIONS: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
QUALIFICATIONS CODE: 07BAGA
COURSE CODE: SRH611S
DATE: JUNE 2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
LEVEL: NQF LEVEL 7
COURSE NAME: SUSTAINABLE SMALL RUMINANT
HUSBANDRY
SESSION: THEORY
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER:
MODERATOR:
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
MRS. LUCIA TUYENI-KELAO KAFIDI
PROF. HILMA 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.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1. Calculator
2. Examination paper
3. Examination script
THIS MARKING SCHEME CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES
{Including This Front Page)
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QUESTION 1
If bales of fleece wool are marked as follows, what does it mean? Provide all the necessary
information.
1.1 EFF
[2]
1.2 DOM
[2]
QUESTION 2
2.1 What does FANMeat stand for?
[2]
2.2 What does Nam LITSstand for?
[3]
QUESTION3
3.1 Name five environmental categories that play a vital role in farming, hence, to
reduce livestock losses.
[5]
3.2 Describe the importance of colostrum for the lambs/kids.
[4]
QUESTION4
4.1 Differentiate between Carding of wool and Worsted yarn
[2]
4.2 Explain the features that determine the economic values of the wool.
[6]
QUESTION 5
Evaluate and analyse the small stock industry in Namibia, regarding the following types of
marketing.
5.1 Auctions
[5]
5.2 Abattoir
[5]
QUESTIONS
5.1 Explain what the oviducts and the importance of it is thereafter.
[5]
5.2 Explain the roles that thermoregulation plays in livestock reproductive system.
[5]
QUESTION 6
6.1 Livestock farming can have various impacts on the environment. Demonstrates the
understanding on how predators could be dealt with to comply with FAN Meat
standards.
[5]
6.2 Discuss the strategic options to improve small ruminant production.
[6]
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QUESTION 7
Explain the following strategies that can help the farmer to minimize losses on his farm.
7.1 Minimize Environmental Stress
[6]
7.2 Record Keeping and Data Tracking
[4]
QUESTION 8
8.1 Express your knowledge and understanding by discussing the main roles and
functions of the Meat Board of Namibia.
[7]
8.2 Discuss the oestrous circle of the small ruminant (goat and sheep). Indicate the
timeline per period and the activities that are taking place at a time.
[8]
QUESTION9
9.1 Fill in missing information concerning the normal semen parameters in the mature
ram and buck.
[2]
Ram
Buck
Morpholongoircmaslapler(m%)
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9.2 Assume that some of your goats were serviced on the 29 November 2024. Calculate
the expected kidding day. Show all steps included in determining of the requested
days.
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QUESTION 10
A farmer mated 300 Does and 280 of these were scanned pregnant. 270 of these Does kid,
625 kids were born alive, and 622 kids were weaned.
Calculate the following reproduction parameter for small ruminant livestock production.
Survival Rate (SR).
[3]
QUESTION 11
Calculate the costs of the feed required to feed three (3) rams for a day. Each feed
ingredient costs N$4.50 per part. A good feed ration for working rams must be composed
of the following feed ingredients and the amounts per day per ram:
[6]
2.5 of parts yellow mealie meal
3 of part wheat bran
1.5 of part fishmeal
TOTAL:
100
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