Syllabus content and objectives
Official WAEC Animal Husbandry (Alt B) outline · Section A: Livestock Production
Content
a. Housing requirements for each of the farm animals, using local materials for construction of animal houses
Objective
Candidates should be able to discuss housing requirements and use of local materials for construction
Content
b. Other management practices: feeding, sanitation, hygiene, castration, dehorning, deworming, vaccination, inoculation, culling, debeaking, smoking (in bees), docking (detailing), means of identification (tattooing, branding, ear-notching, rings etc.), isolation, weaning, care of the young animal until weaned
Objective
Candidates should understand these practices and discuss the importance of each
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c. Simple record keeping including income and expenditure accounts
Objective
Candidates should be able to keep simple records and income and expenditure accounts
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d. Management from birth to maturity of a named large ruminant, small ruminant, poultry, pigs, grasscutter, bees and snails
Objective
Candidates should be able to discuss management practices from birth to maturity of the named animals
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