WAEC Animal Husbandry (Alt B) · Section 6

Pests and parasites of farm animals

Animal Husbandry (Practicals)

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Official WAEC Animal Husbandry (Alt B) outline · Animal Husbandry (Practicals)

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8a. Pests of farm animals

Objective

Candidates should be able to identify storage pests (rodents, weevils, termites, cockroaches) and field pests (soldier ants, birds, snakes, flies) and know their economic importance

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8b. Parasites of farm animals

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Candidates should be able to identify ectoparasites (ticks, lice, mites, fleas) and endoparasites (tapeworm, roundworms, hookworm, pinworm, liver fluke, trypanosomes), know their economic importance, and study their life cycles, prevention and control

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