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3 marksAnimal Nutrition and Management

CSEC Agricultural Science · May/June 2017 · Paper 2 · Question 9(c)

Suggest THREE measures Farmer Shakti can adopt during the rainy season to ensure that her small ruminants have food when forage is unavailable during the dry season.

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  1. 9(a)Which of the two feeds is BETTER suited for broilers at 1 to 4 weeks of age? Give TWO reasons for your answer.[3 marks]
  2. 9(b)(i)What does the acronym FCR mean?[1 mark]
  3. 9(b)(ii)Write the formula for calculating FCR.[1 mark]
  4. 9(b)(iii)At Fazir's farm, a broiler bird that ate 9 kg of feed weighed 3 kg. Calculate the FCR for this bird. Show all working.[2 marks]
  5. 9(b)(iv)Using Table 3, state which breed of broiler bird has the best FCR and give ONE reason for your answer.[2 marks]

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