Animal Husbandry MCQ Question and Answer | Agriculture MCQ Question

DCP % is highest for Lucerne hay.
Lucerne hay, also known as alfalfa hay, is a highly nutritious forage that is commonly used as a feed for livestock such as horses, cattle, and goats. It is a prime quality hay that is the source of vitamins A, K, E, and helps boost your horse's protein and calcium levels.
DCP is Digestibilty Co-efficient x CP. Where CP represents crude protein content of the feed. Total Digestible Nutrients. It is a measure of apparent digestible energy, but it is expressed in units of weight or percent rather than energy per second.

Causative agent of undulant fever is B. abortus.
Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or undercooked meat from infected animals, or close contact with their secretions. It is also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, and Mediterranean fever.
The first state federal cooperative efforts towards eradication of brucellosis caused by B. abortus in the U.S. began in 1934.

Buffalo population in India is 110 M.
The total number of buffaloes in the country is 109.85 Million showing an increase of about 1.0% over previous Census. The total number of milch animals (in-milk and dry) in cows and buffaloes is 125.34 Million, an increase of 6.0% over the previous census.
India ranks number one in cattle & buffalo population. India is the largest producer of Buffalo meat; India is the largest exporter of sheep and goat meat.

Asiatic breeds have feathered shank.
The poultry breeds which were originated from various countries of Asia are called Asiatic poultry breeds. There are many highly productive poultry breeds are available under this breed.
They are characterized by large bodies with heavy bones, feathered shanks, red ear lobes and yellow skin. They are classed as broody and poor layers.

Cattle belong to the phylum Chordata.
Chordates are also bilaterally symmetric, have a coelom, possess a circulatory system, and exhibit metameric segmentation.
It include a notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, endostyle or thyroid, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail.

Total number of bones (in number) found in the body of a cow are 180.
Inside the cow bone there is spongy bone, compact bone, and on the outside is the outer membrane. The femur, or thigh bone, is the longest, heaviest, and strongest bone in the entire body.
Cattle do have the same bones and joints as horses below the fetlock but in duplicate form. There are four proximal sesamoid bones and two distal sesamoid bones on each limb. The fetlock joint is fused the pastern and coffin joints are bilateral on each limb and separate.

Most chicken breeds have three number of toes on each foot.
Most chickens have three toes projecting forward and one projecting back, sometimes referred to as the claw. A few breeds, however, have five toes on each foot. Some breeds also have feathers on their shanks and toes.

Tharparkar is native of Pakistan.
It is a breed of cattle originating in Tharparkar District in Sindh province in present day Pakistan and also found in neighbouring nations of India.
It is a dual purpose breed known for both its milking and draught potential. The cattle are of medium to large build and have white to grey skin. These are medium-sized animals with a long tapering faces, slightly convex forehead, medium-sized horns that curve upward and outward, and large, semi-pendulous ears.

Pashmina wool is obtained from Goats.
The word pashm means "wool" in Persian, but in Kashmir, pashm referred to the raw unspun wool of domesticated Changthangi goats.
Goats used for pashmina shed their winter coat every spring. One goat sheds approximately 80 - 170 grams of fibre. In the spring (the moulting season), the goats naturally shed their undercoat, which regrows in winter. This undercoat is collected by combing the goat, not by shearing, as in other fine wools.

Mechanism of heat tolerance is found in Buffalo.
Wallowing in animals is comfort behaviour during which an animal rolls about or lies in mud, water or snow.
Wallowing is often combined with other behaviours to fulfill its purpose; for example, buffalo will often blow dirt over themselves after wallowing to create a thicker "coating", and they will allow the mud to dry before rubbing themselves on a tree or rock to remove ectoparasites stuck in the mud. It helps in Thermoregulation.