Syllabus content and objectives
Official WAEC Animal Husbandry (Alt B) outline · Section B: Animal Nutrition
Content
a. Practical diet formulations for the different classes of farm animals (starter, grower and finisher diets)
Objective
Candidates should be able to carry out practical diet formulations for the different classes of farm animals
Content
b. Feed ingredients e.g. blood meal, fish meal, cotton seed cake, oyster shell, groundnut cake, maize grains, salt, premix, glycine etc.
Objective
Candidates should be able to identify different feed ingredients used for diet formulation
Content
c. Factors to consider in feed formulation: physiological status of animal, species, age, body weight, production target, acceptability of feed, nutrient composition of the feed, ingredient availability, cost of feed ingredients etc.
Objective
Candidates should know the factors to consider in feed formulation
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