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Animal Husbandry syllabus for WAEC WASSCE | Learn | Learn by Rightal

WAEC WASSCE course

Animal Husbandry

WAEC WASSCE

239 topics sit in this course for WAEC WASSCE.

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Identify Tools and Equipment Used for Management Practices
Housing, breeding, brooding, feeding, identification, debeaking, castration, dehorning, and candling.
Common Breeds, Distribution, and Characteristics of Sheep and Goats
Distinguishing features between sheep and goats, characteristics of breeds (body size, hair cover, horn shape).
Basic Terminologies in Pasture and Range Management
Understanding terms like pasture, pasture rotation, stocking rate, range, forage crops.
Meaning and Importance of Nutrition
Understanding nutrition and its role in animal production (e.g., improves body resistance, production level). Understanding basic terms like nutrients, diet, ration, roughages, malnutrition, concentrates.
External Orientation of Farm Animals
Knowledge of parts and positions of various external parts (e.g., the head of the cow is anterior to the hind limb or udder).

Modes of Feeding

Differences in feeding modes of non-ruminant herbivores, ruminants, carnivores, and omnivores. Influence of dentition on feeding mode.

Management Practices for Rabbit and Grasscutter Production

Housing, feeding, sanitation, breeding, disease and pest control, record keeping.

Comparative Anatomy of Digestive System

Main features and differences in structure and functions of digestive systems of ruminants, non-ruminant herbivores, and monogastrics.

Types, Composition, and Functions of Feed Nutrients

Feedstuffs and supplements, their main composition, and functions of major nutrients.

Management Practices for Sheep and Goat Production

Production requirements using a value chain approach; hoof trimming, housing, feeding, sanitation, disease and pest control. Ability to determine age by dentition.

Common Parasites and Diseases of Sheep and Goats and their Control

Parasites (ticks, worms), diseases (anthrax, mastitis, foot rot); signs/symptoms of infection and control measures.

Digestion and Absorption Processes

Understanding digestion processes, role of specific enzymes in nutrient digestion, and structures/processes of nutrient absorption.

Processing and Marketing of Sheep and Goats

Techniques for meat quality, safety, and consumer satisfaction (slaughtering, quality control, preservation, storage, packaging, advertising, marketing outlets).

Breeds and Characteristics of Beef Cattle

Common breeds in West Africa and Europe; characteristics and general structure of beef breeds.

Factors Predisposing Animals to Diseases

How factors like overcrowding, poor nutrition, poor housing predispose animals to diseases.

Importance of Beef Cattle Production

Nutritional value of beef, use of hides, horns, bones, manure, social and economic value of beef and live cattle.

Performance Traits of Improved and Unimproved Animals

Ability to analyze data to determine superiority based on genotype and phenotype.

Establishment of Pasture - Cultural Practices

Site selection, land preparation, methods of propagation (seeding, vegetative means), their merits and demerits.

Common Beef Cattle Production Systems

Extensive, pastoral, agropastoral, semi-intensive, intensive feedlot, pastures; their characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses.

Management Practices for Snail Farming

Housing, feeding, sanitation, breeding, pest and disease control, record keeping, processing, and marketing.

Planning, Production, and Management of Cattle for Beef and Traction

Requirements using value chain approach; selection of management system, foundation stock, qualities of bulls and cows for traction.

Systems of Poultry Production

Extensive, intensive, semi-intensive systems; their advantages and disadvantages.

Incubation and Hatchery Practices - Terminologies

Understanding terms such as fertile egg, hatchability, incubation, and broodiness.

Indirect and Direct Effects of Climate on Farm Animals

E.g., disease prevalence, feed quality and quantity, heat stress, increased abortion.

Processing and Marketing of Beef Cattle

Techniques of slaughtering and carcass processing, maintaining safety standards, packaging and sale of meat products.

Factors Affecting Quality of Stored Feed

Factors like storage temperature, humidity, water content, pests, and rodents. Procedures/practices for handling stored feed (e.g., drying, fumigation).

Major Problems in Beef Cattle Production

Negative effects of poor management on the environment, feed and water shortages, cattle theft, pests, and their solutions.

Principles for Prevention and Control of Farm Animal Diseases

Nutrition, vaccination, etc., with respect to cost, suitability, and efficiency. Ability to use prophylactics (coccidiostat, anti-biotics, anti-stress drugs, vitamins).

Breeds and Features of Dairy Cow

Examples of pure and crossbred dairy breeds in tropical and temperate regions; distinguishing features.

Forms of Conserved Forage

Hay and silage; differences based on physical, chemical, and nutritive properties.

Strategies to Minimize Stress on Animals

Design and lay-out of houses, provision of cool water, modified feeds, proper timing of drug administration.

Management Practices for Disease Prevention and Control

Deworming, dipping, dusting, treatment of wounds, spraying and fumigation of animal houses, drug administration and precautions.

Incubation and Hatchery Practices - Incubation Process

Ability to describe the process and knowledge of hatchery practices (e.g., fumigation, temperature).

Characteristics, Sources, and Importance of Milk

Composition and nutritional value of fresh milk. Sources (goats, sheep, buffaloes, camels, cattle) and importance (food, income, employment, trade).

Management Practices for Dairy Cattle Production

Requirements using a value chain approach (market demand, inputs for wholesome milk). Selecting suitable breeds and management systems.

Reproductive Terms

Understanding terms like puberty, oestrous cycle, oestrus/anoestrus, ovulation, fertilization, libido.

Poultry Management Practices

Housing, breeding, brooding, feeding, sanitation, pest and disease control, identification, record keeping.

Reproductive Processes

Various stages from puberty through mating to parturition; differences between poultry and livestock. Knowledge of reproductive hormones and their functions.

Processing and Marketing of Poultry

Slaughtering, quality control, packaging, preservation, storage, marketing outlets, transportation, advertisement.

Circulatory System - Structure and Functions

Organs (heart, blood vessels), tissues (blood, lymph), cells (blood cells), and their functions.

Problems of Dairy Cattle Production in Warm Climates

Effects of warm climate on dairy animals and milk production, and solutions to problems.

Systems of Keeping Pigs

Intensive, semi-intensive, and extensive systems; their advantages and disadvantages.

Slaughtering, Processing, and Marketing of Pigs

Techniques for bacon making, quality control, packaging, storage, identifying marketing outlets, advertisements.

Meaning and Importance of Pets

Examples like cat, dog, parrot; their roles in society (security, income, shepherding, companionship).

Management of Pets

Housing, feeding, sanitation, breeding, grooming, care, pests and diseases and their control. Importance of pet licensing and regular vaccination.