ZIMSEC O-Level Agriculture
5.4Animal husbandry
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Types of livestock and why farmers keep them
25 min
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Digestion in ruminants, pigs and poultry
35 min
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Reproduction in poultry and the structure of the egg
30 min
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Reproductive systems, heat and pregnancy in farm mammals
35 min
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Feedstuffs: roughages, concentrates, hay and silage
40 min
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Livestock nutrients and their functions
40 min
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Rations, the Pearson square and feed conversion
45 min
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Broiler production from day-old chick to market
40 min
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Layers and indigenous chickens
35 min
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Rabbit production for meat and fur
35 min
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Pig production: breeds, breeding and fattening
40 min
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Rearing and caring for working donkeys
30 min
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Beef cattle breeds and herd management
40 min
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Birth, colostrum and rearing young farm animals
35 min
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Dairy cattle and clean milk production
40 min
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Goat and sheep production
35 min
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Causes and spread of livestock diseases, and hygiene
40 min
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External parasites: ticks, lice, mites and flies
45 min
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Internal parasites: roundworms, tapeworms and liver fluke
40 min
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Notifiable diseases, immunity and vaccination
45 min
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