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SECOND TERM E-LEARNING NOTE

SUBJECT: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE CLASS: SS3

SCHEME OF WORK

WEEK TOPIC
1. Agricultural Marketing.
2. Routine Management Practices in Farm Animals
3-4. Principles of Animal Health Management
5-6. Symtoms, Effects, Transmission and Control of Selected Diseases
7-8. Livestock parasites
9. Practical classes
10. General revision
11-12. Mock Examination

REFERENCES
 Essential Agricultural Science for Senior Secondary Schools by O. A. Iwena.
 Comprehensive Agricultural Science by Ogieva Erebor.
 Prescribed Agricultural Science by Omoruyi and Oruhue.
 Waec Pack.
 Internet (Pinterest, Wiki answer, FAO et al).

WEEK ONE
TOPIC: AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
CONTENT
 Meaning of agricultural marketing
 Importance of agricultural marketing
 Channels of marketing farm products
 Stages of agricultural marketing
 Agents of agricultural marketing
 Problems of agricultural marketing

MEANING OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

These refer to all the activities required or involved in moving farm produce from the
producers to the final consumers. Production is not complete without consumption and
marketing is what makes it happen.

IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

1. Helps to make products available year round.
2. It creates employment for people (drivers, traders, retailers etc).
3. It locates where there are surpluses of produces and bring them to where there are
shortages.
4. It brings about foreign exchange to the nation through exportation of produce.
5. It helps in price determination.

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6. It enables the producers to know the taste of the consumers.
7. It initiates research into products preferred by consumer
8. It helps in the provision of infrastructure such as roads, electricity, pipe borne water
etc.

CHANNELS OF MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS

This refers to all the linkages or pathways through which farm produce pass through before
they get to the final consumers. These include
1. Producers
2. Marketing board
3. Local Market
4. Middle men
5. Co-operative societies
6. Middlemen
7. Commissioned agents
8. Exporters
9. Processor

STAGES OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

The Stages involves in marketing agricultural produce include
1. Farm level processing
2. Grading or sorting
3. Packaging
4. Storage or warehousing
5. Transportation
6. Advertisement
7. Merchandizing
8. Assemblage

EVALUATION
1. What is agricultural marketing?
2. What are the significance of agricultural marketing
3. List and explain the stages of agricultural marketing.
4. What are the channels involved in marketing of agricultural produce.

MARKETING FUNCTIONS
These are activities expected of a marketer in order to achieve set marketing objectives. The
functions are:
1. Researching
2. Buying
3. Product development and management
4. Production
5. Promotion
6. Standardization and grading
7. Pricing
8. Distribution

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9. Risk bearing
10. Financing

AGENTS OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

This includes all the people or agents or bodies which are directly or indirectly involved in the
marketing of farm produce. These agents include:
1. Marketing / commodity boards
2. Co-operative societies
3. Individual / Private Middlemen
4. Producers / farmers
5. Wholesalers
6. Retailers

MARKETING/COMMODITY BOARDS
These are trading agencies of the government that oversee the marketing of export or cash
crops. It started as marketing board and later changed to commodity boards.

ADVANTAGES OF MARKETING / COMMODITY BOARDS

1. It creates employment for licensed buying agents.
2. Guarantees producers prices and ensures production of export crops.
3. They stabilize prices and ensure that farmers are not affected by price fluctuation.
4. Encourage the processing of export produce.
5. Generate income to the government through export duties and sales taxes.
6. Contribute in providing social amenities like roads, hospitals, pipe-borne water etc.
7. Promote produce quality.
8. Encourage the production of both export and food crops.
9. They sometimes provide capital to farmers.

DISADVANTAGES OF MARKETING / COMMODITY BOARDS

1. It deals mainly on major export crops.
2. They fix prices on their own without consulting the farmers.
3. Middlemen cheat the farmers by either paying them lower prices or down grading their
produces.
4. When the world prices of produce rise, farmers are still paid the fixed prices
5. Government interferes with the running of the boards.

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES
There are voluntary organization formed by a group of individuals who pool their individual
resources together with the primary objectives of satisfying the needs and aspirations of their
members.

ADVANTAGES OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

1. Purchase commodities in bulk from the producers.
2. By pass the middlemen, and deal directly with producers as a result, they retail
commodities to the members and non-members at moderates prices.

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3. Members pool individual resources together to meet special needs of members which
on individual’s basis is difficult.
4. The profits of the co-operatives are shared among the members either according to the
individuals share holdings or volume of purchase from the co-operative.
5. Membership is voluntary.
6. They provide storage facilities.
7. They grant loan to members.
8. They provide transportation facilities.

DISADVANTAGES OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

1. Poor and ineffective management.
2. It is prone to financial misappropriation.
3. It does not encourage establishment of individual enterprise.

PRODUCERS
These are the farmers who produce agricultural commodities.

ADVANTAGES OF PRODUCERS
1. Agricultural market starts with the farmers without whom the existence of other
marketing agents and consumers is meaningless
2. They produce what consumers need thereby satisfying their taste and preference.
3. Produce gets to consumer at reduced rice.
4. Produce get to the consumer in its fresh state.

DISADVANTAGES OF PRODUCERS
1. The producers through the producers co-operative may decide to produce what will
attract higher income to them and not what the consumers need most.
2. They hoard and ration the supply of produce to the market in order to enjoy attractive
prices.
3. He lacks storage facilities.
4. Farmers may suffer increased loss of goods.
5. He lacks transportation facilities.

INDIVIDUAL / PRIVATE MIDDLEMEN

These are individuals that come directly to the farm to buy farm produce.

ADVANTAGES OF PRIVATE MIDDLEMEN

1. They link producers with consumers.
2. They may give loans to producers.
3. They assemble, blend and repack certain goods.
4. They save the producer’s time in marketing his goods.
5. They also provide storage facilities.
6. They also provide transport facilities.

DISADVANTAGES OF PRIVATE MIDDLEMEN

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1. They inflate the prices of commodities.
2. They create artificial scarcity of goods.
3. They exploit producers and consumers.

WHOLESALER
These are the agents who buy produce in large quantities from the farmers (producers) and
sell in small quantity to the retailers.

ADVANTAGES OF WHOLESALER
1. They purchase produce in bulk.
2. They provide storage facilities.
3. They have good transport facilities.
4. They pass information from retailer to producers and vice versa.

DISADVANTAGES OF WHOLESALERS
1. They exploit the producers and retailers.
2. They create artificial scarcity of goods.
3. They inflate the prices of commodities.

RETAILERS
These are agents who buy goods from the wholesalers and sell in small quantities to the final
consumers.

ADVANTAGES OF RETAILERS
1. They make produce readily available and affordable to consumers.
2. They provide jobs to many people.
3. They pass information from consumers to wholesalers.
4. They give credits to some consumers.

DISADVANTAGES OF RETAILERS
1. They may create artificial scarcity of goods
2. They may suffer losses due to theft or spoilage of perishable goods
3. They may inflate the prices of commodities.

PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

1. Inadequate transportation system.
2. Small scale production.
3. Inadequate basic amenities.
4. Perishability of produce.
5. Inadequate storage facilities.
6. Inadequate processing facilities.
7. Poor financing.
8. Poor Prices of products.
9. Problems of middlemen.
10. Difficulty in assembling produce.

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POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
1. Provision of good roads.
2. Provision of finance to farmers.
3. Provision of storage and processing facilities.
4. Formation of good policies by the government.
5. Encouragement of market research.

EVALUATION
1. What are the agents of marketing?
2. What are the problems of agricultural marketing?

GENERAL EVALUATION
1. What is agricultural marketing?
2. What are the importance of agricultural marketing?
3. List ten problems of agricultural marketing.
4. List five possible solutions to the problems of agricultural marketing.
5. What are marketing functions?
6. List and explain six marketing functions.

READING ASSIGNMENT
Essential agricultural science for senior secondary school by O. A. Iwena pages 450 – 458
Answer revision questions 2 and 13 on page 458.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. Which of the following is not an agricultural marketing agent in Nigeria? (a) Consumers
(b) co-operative society (c) Producer (d) consumers
2. Establishing a specified characteristics that your product must conorm to is ____
(a) sorting (b) pricing (c) standardization (d) promotion
3. ____ buys produce from farmers in raw state and coverts them to usable or
consumable forms (a) Middle men (b) Marketing board (c) Processors (d) Wholesalers
4. The disadvantage of buy produce directly from farmers is (a) the produce are usually at
the freshest state (b) produce price is at the cheapest (c) produce are purchased at
inflated prices if there is scarcity (d) none of the above
5. ____ enables a marketer generate adequate information about targeted market
(a) Research (b) Sorting (c) Standardization (d) Promotion

THEORY
1. State two advantages each of the following agricultural marketing agents.
(i) commodity boards (ii) co-operative society (iii) middlemen (iv) Retailer
(v) producer.
2. Explain the term marketing channel.
3. Outline and discuss channels of marketing cocoa.
4. List five ways by which marketing can be encouraged

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WEEKTWO
ROUTINE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF FARM ANIMALS
CONTENT
 Selection
 Culling
 Identification of farm animals
 De-beaking
 De-horning
 Castration
 Servicing
 Incubation
 Candling
 Hatching

SELECTION
Selection is the process of picking from a group of animals those animals with breeding value
as the parent to maximize genetic gain. Animals with desirable characters like good meat
production, egg laying abilities, resistance to diseases, excellent mothering abilities, good milk
producers etc are selected. Selection is grouped into two main classes.
1. Natural selection: This is the ability of an individual animal to survive and reproduce
during unfavourable environmental conditions. Those that are unable to survive die off.
2. Artificial selection: This type of selection is carried out by man through close
monitoring of the animals. The man uses his intelligence to select and mate animals.
Four types of artificial selection include
a. Mass selection: Animals with desirable characteristics are selected in preference to
those not possessing them from a large group of animals.
b. Progeny selection: The animals are selected based on the performance of their
offspring. Best mothers are retained.
c. Family selection: The animals are selected based on the performance of their
relatives. It is useful when the family is large and heritability is low.
d. Pedigree selection: The animals are selected based on the performance of their
ancestors. It is based on heredity.

ADVANTAGES OF SELECTION
1. It ensures that animals with desirable qualities are selected.
2. Animals from best breeds are bred for distribution.
3. It reduces the spread of diseases and parasites associated with breeding stock.
4. It increases the rate of reproduction and yield.
5. It reduces the cost of management.

DISADVANTAGES OF SELECTION
1. Labour requirement is high.
2. It is time consuming.
3. It requires expertise which may not be readily available.
4. It brings about the elimination of some desirable traits.

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EVALUATION
1. Differentiate between progeny and pedigree selection.
2. Mention five importance of selection

CULLING
Culling is the removal of undesirable or unproductive animals from the farm. It may take the
form of mass culling when the entire flock is removed e. g. old layers or selective culling when
one or more animals are removed. Culling is done for the following reasons
1. Failure to reproduce or low rate of reproduction.
2. Ill health
3. Cannibalism
4. Low eggs production in poultry.
5. Fighting among animals.
6. Pronounced deformation of parts of the body.
7. Over weight due to excessive fat.

ADVANTAGES OF CULLING
1. It reduces the cost of production.
2. It reduces the cost of maintenance (feeding, health).
3. It ensures greater production of animals.
4. It ensures elimination of animals with undesirable qualities.
5. It controls bad habits or vices from spreading to other animals.
6. It creates space for the comfort of other animals.
7. It controls diseases from spreading to other animals.

EVALUATION
1. What is culling?
2. Give five reasons for culling in a animal farms

IDENTIFICATION OF FARM ANIMALS

Identification of farm animals is essential for farmers to prove ownership, accurate recording
and proper management of animals. Most common methods of identifying farm animals
include branding, tattooing, ear-notching, chaining, nose punching etc.
a. Branding: - It is a special marks in form of letters, numerals, designs make on some
parts of the body of farm animals such as cattle, sheep, goat and pig. It is easy and
cheap to carry out but it may be painful to animals and it can cause infections and
death. It is usually carried out on horns, cheeks, body sides, thigh, shoulder, ore legs or
below the shank. It could either be done with the use of heat generating machines (hot
branding) or cold generating machine (cold branding). The cold branding is painless to
the animal but more expensive for the farmer.
b. Tattooing: - It is the piercing of outlines of desired numbers and letters made from
metal pins on the skins or ears of farm animals and then incorporate a black pigment
into these punctures. It is easy and cheap to carry out but can easily tear off the skin of
farm animals.

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c. Ear-notching: - It is the practice of making small cuttings (a common code) on the ears
of farm animals such as goat, cattle, sheep and pig. It is one of the best, cheap and
most satisfactory methods of identifying farm animals.

DE-BEAKING
It is the partial removal of beaks of birds using a debeaker. De-beaking is done to prevent
pecking of other animals, egg eating, cannibalism and feather removal. It should be done
carefully to prevent stress and permanent damage to the beak and tongue of the birds.

DE-HORNING AND DISBUDDING

De-horning is the removal of horns of mature farm animals while disbudding is the removal of
young horns from young animals using hot iron, saw, chemical or electric dehorner. It makes
handling of farm animals easier. It prevents injuries to the body of other farm animals and
prevents secondary infections caused by horn injuries. It must be carefully done to prevent
injuries and infections to the animals.

EVALUATION
1. Differentiate between tattooing and branding
2. State three reasons each for i) de-beaking ii) de-horning

SERVICING
This is the mating of a male animal with a female animal identified to be on heat. The breeder
should watch out for signs of heat in the female animal. Natural mating such as flock, pen and
stud mating can be employed.

CASTRATION
Castration is the removal of testes in male animals. It is done in animals that are not required
for breeding purposes. Castration is carried out when animals are young by open incision,
buddizzo or rubber rings. It prevents indiscriminate mating, quickens the fattening up of the
animals and the quality of meat. It also makes the animals to be calmer and easy to handle. It
causes pain to the animal and infections if not properly treated.

INCUBATION
Incubation is the keeping of fertilized eggs warm so that the embryo will develop to produce
young birds. Fertilized eggs are incubated for 21 days using incubators which supplies
adequate temperature, ventilation and relative humidity until the eggs are hatched. The eggs
are turned regularly to expose all sides to the incubator conditions.

CANDLING
This is the process of passing light through set eggs to identify and separate fertile eggs from
unfertile ones. It is usually carried out on the 6th and 18th day of incubation.

Other management practices includes brooding, weaning, flushing, steaming up, creep feeding

EVALUATION
1. Define i) servicing ii) candling iii) incubation in poultry

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2. What is castration? Give three importance of castration.

READING ASSIGNMENT
Essential Agricultural Science for senior secondary school by I. O Iwena chapter 46, pages 423 –
431.
Answer revision questions 2 and 8 on page 431.
Prescribed Agricultural Science chapter 5, page 279, 303, 319, 321

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. Which of these is not a method of identifying farm animals a) chaining b) tattooing c)
candling d) ear-notching
2. The following are routine practices in poultry farm except a) incubation b) brooding c)
tattooing d) de-beaking
3. Identification and removal of unfertilized eggs from the incubator is aided with the use
of as a) candler b) culler c) hatcher d) incubator
4. Which of these is not a reason for carrying out selection in animal farms a) good meat
production b) resistance to diseases c) maximize genetic gain d) cannibalism
5. The following except one are factors to be considered in incubation a) feeding
b) temperature c) relative humidity d) Air flow

THEORY
1. State three advantages and disadvantages of selection in farm animals.
2. Describe briefly three routine practices in cattle management

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WEEK THREE AND FOUR

PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT
CONTENT
 Definition of Disease
 Classification of animal diseases
 Susceptibility and resistance to disease
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 Factors that could predispose animals to diseases

LIVESTOCK DISEASES
Diseases in animal means any condition in which there is deviation from normal state of health
or when there is any interference with the body processes which will make its body not to
function in a normal way. This always give rise to ill health, which do not allow the animal to
perform less in areas of live weight gain, milk production, work done in case of work animals,
egg or wool production etc.
Animal diseases are generally caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and malnutrition.

CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMAL DISEASES

On the basis of organisms that cause diseases, the prevalent diseases of livestock can be
grouped into
1. Viral diseases
2. Bacterial diseases
3. Fungal diseases
4. Protozoan diseases
and
5. Malnutrition or metabolic disorder.

SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISEASES
This refers to a condition in which the animal is easily attacked or infected by disease.

FACTORS THAT COULD PREDISPOSE ANIMALS TO DISEASES

The factors which help in initiation and continuation of disease condition include:-
1. Health status of the animal:- Animals that are unhealthy can easily get infected more
than those healthy animals.
2. The farm environment:- Dirty and unhygienic environment could easily predispose
animals to diseases.
3. Nutrition:- Animals that are not fed properly in terms of quality and quantity can easily
be infected by diseases.
4. Management:- Animals that are not properly managed in terms of administration of
drugs and vaccines appropriately could easily get attacked by disease.
5. Unfavourable climatic conditions:- Extreme of climatic conditions such as rainfall,
temperature, wind etc could predispose animals to disease attack.
6. Poor Housing:- If animals are not properly housed and are exposed to heavy rainfall and
high temperature, they could easily be attacked by diseases and parasitic infestations
can also break out.
7. Stress Conditions:- Conditions or pressures caused by difficulties in life can predispose
animals to disease attack.
8. Breeds of animals:- Poor breeds of animals can easily be prone to disease attack as
against the good breeds.

RESISTANCE TO DISEASES
Disease resistance is the ability of the animal to withstand the attack of by a pathogen and
remain healthy.

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FACTORS THAT DETERMINE RESISTANCE OF ANIMAL TO DISEASE
1. Development of immunity
2. Species of animal
3. Inoculation
4. Level of feeding
5. Age of animal
6. Physiological condition of the animal

EVALUATION
1. Define livestock diseases.
2. Define immunity

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF ANIMAL DISEASES

1. Poor growth is achieved
2. Poor food utilization
3. Low yield of productivity.
4. Low income to expecting farmer
5. Poor quality of animal products
6. Death of livestock

METHODS OF PREVENTING DISEASES

1. Quarantine - New stock being brought to the farm should be separated from the
animals originally on the farm for proper scrutiny.
2. Vaccination - Farm animals should be vaccinated at the right time and doses to give
them immunity against pathogenic organisms.
3. Hygiene - Good hygiene must be taken to prevent infection of farm animals. This
involves cleaning of pens, watering and feeding equipment, disposal of waste and
regular disinfection.
4. Good feeding - Animals should be properly fed in order to resist diseases attack.
5. Breeding - Diseases resistant stocks should be bred on the farm.
6. Rotational grazing - It makes building up of parasites to be avoided.
7. Isolation - All sick animals should be isolated from healthy ones.

EVALUATION
1. Explain Quarantine
2. Explain rotational grazing

GENERAL EVALUATION
1. State the economic importance farm animal diseases
2. What is disease resistant?
3. What is susceptibility to disease?
4. List four classes of animal disease
5. List three factors that determine resistant to diseases.

READING ASSIGNMENT
Essential Agricultural Science for senior secondary schools by O.A. Iwena, Chapter 30, Page

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383-386. Answer revision questions 11 and 14 on pages 396 and 397

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. An effective way of ensuring built in resistance to disease in calves is to a) vaccinate
calves at weaning b) allow calves access to colostrums c) ensure regular veterinary
check-up d) observe proper quarantine e) give balanced diet
2. Disease causing organisms are referred to as a. vectors b. pathogens c. pests d. insect
3. Animal diseases are generally caused by the following except a. protozoa b. nematode
c. virus d. fungi
4. An animal is said to be resistant to a disease if the a. animal easily succumb to infection
by the disease. b. presence of the disease pathogen does not cause expression of
disease symptoms. c. animal is able to endure the effect of the disease. d. animal has
no antibodies in its blood.
5. The factors that can predispose animals to diseases include the following except
a. poor housing b. immunity c. malnutrition d. unfavourable weather

THEORY
1. What is livestock disease?
2. Briefly explain four factors that could predispose animals to diseases.
3. List ten common symptoms of animal disease.

WEEK FIVE AND SIX

TOPIC: SYMPTOMS ,TRANSMISSION, EFFECTS, PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE CONTROL OF
ANIMAL DISEASES

VIRAL DISEASES
CONTENT
 Foot and mouth disease
 Rinderpest diseases
 Newcastle disease
 Fowl pox
 Gumburo disease

VIRAL DISEASE ANIMAL MODE OF SYMPTOMS CONTROL/PREVENTION

AFFECTED TRANSMISSION
FOOT AND Cattle, contact, air- Formation of Isolation of infected
MOUTH Sheep and borne, droplets blisters (skin animals, burning or
DISEASE Goat of saliva, vesicle filled with burying contaminated
infected serum, watery materials, timely
materials like animal fluid) on vaccination.
urine, faeces. the skin, between
and around the
hooves,
inflammation of
teats and udder,

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salivation, loss of
weight.
RINDERPEST Cattle, By contact, High fever, Timely vaccination,
DISEASE Sheep and contaminated weakness, isolation of infected
Goat feed and water difficult animals, restriction of
breathing, blood infected animal
stained movement within the
diarrhoea, high farm.
mortality, loss of
appetite.
NEWCASTLE Domestic Through Sneezing, nasal Vaccination, good
DISEASE fowl, contaminated discharge and sanitation, disinfection
Turkey, feed, water and difficult of poultry building.
Goose, litter breathing. Lack of
Ducks and appetite and
Guinea diarrhea,
fowl Paralysis,
somersaulting,
twisting of neck,
cycling
movement
FOWL POX Fowl Through Sores on the Isolate the infected
contaminated combs and birds, practice good
feeds, water and wattles sanitation measures,
litter materials apply iodine on the
affected parts, adopt
routine vaccination
GUMBURO Birds Through faecal, Swelling of liver, Isolate infected birds to
DISEASE contaminated spleen and maintain good
feeds, water and kidney. The birds sanitation measure,
litter. appear dull and adopt routine
sleepy. vaccination.
EVALUATION
1. a. Name the causative agent of Newcastle disease
b. What are the symptoms?
c. How can it be controlled?
2. Name 5 viral diseases.
3. State the symptoms of fowl pox.
4. State the mode of transmission of fowl pox
5. List two animals that are affected by rinderpest

READING ASSIGNMENT
Essential Agricultural Science for senior secondary schools by O. A. Iwena, page 383 - 386

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. The best control measure for rinderpest disease in cattle is a. sanitation b. isolation

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c. eradication of infected stock d. vaccination
2. The part of the body affected by newcastle disease of poultry are the a. nervous system
and respiratory tract b. digestive and circulatory system c. reproductive and excretory
tracts d. air sac and the comb
3. The general symptoms of malnutrition in animals include the following except
a. retarded growth b. increase in body size c. low production d. susceptibility to
disease.
4. Newcastle disease affects the following animals except a. goat b. chicken c. turkey
d. duck
5. Which of the following is not a viral disease? a. Anthrax b. Fowl pox c. Gumburo
d. Rinderpest.

THEORY
Consider the following viral diseases
a. Foot and mouth
b. Rinderpest
c. Newcastle
1. Name three animals that can be affected by each of the disease listed above.
2. State two major symptoms each of them.

BACTERIAL DISEASES
CONTENT
 Anthrax
 Brucellosis
 Tuberculosis
 Pullorum Disease
 Fowl Typhoid
 Fowl Cholera

BACTERIAL ANIMAL MODE OF SYMPTOMS CONTROL/PREVENTION

DISEASE AFFECTED TRANSMISSION
ANTHRAX Cattle, Through High fever, No effective drug for
Bacillus Sheep, contaminated depression, the treatment. Regular
anthraxis Goat, Pig. feed, water, staggering and vaccination, infected
equipment and sudden death of animals should be
infected the animal. slaughtered and buried,
animals. proper sanitation.
BRUCELLOSIS Pigs, Contaminated Abortion, Sick animals should be
(CONTAGIOUS Cattle, feed, water, inflammation of isolated and badly
ABORTION) Sheep and contact with the womb, infected animals should
Brucella Goat. infected diarrhoea and be killed and
abortus animals, contact dysentery, burried.
with infected paralysis, loss of
materials such milk and
as shoes etc. frequent
infertility.

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TUBERCULOSIS Cattle, Sputum, Constant No cure of drug. Animal
Mycobacterium Sheep, droppings, milk coughing, loss of infected should be
tuberculosis Goat, Pigs of infected Cow, weight and killed and buried, good
and germ inhaled or appetite, sanitation, isolate
poultry through infection of liver suspected
birds. mouth and udder in animals.
during feeding Cows.
PULLORUM Poultry Through Watery Obtain chicks from
DISEASE contamination droppings that sources that are disease
of feeds, water are usually free, Isolate infected
and litter sticky and birds, Maintain good
greenish - white sanitation, Treat the
in colour. infected birds with
appropriate antibiotics.
FOWL TYPHOID Fowl Through Yellowish watery Routine vaccination,
contaminated droppings, loss Maintain good
feed, water and of appetite and sanitation, Treat the
litter materials ruffled infected birds with
appearance. appropriate antibiotics

FOWL CHOLERA Fowl Through Ruffled Isolate infected birds,

contaminated appearance, Maintain good
feed, water and thirst due to sanitation measures,
litter. dehydration, Practice routine
blood-stained vaccination and treat
yellowish watery the infected birds with
droppings and appropriate antibiotics.
sudden death.

EVALUATION
1. List five bacteria diseases
2. List three animals that are affected by brucellosis

FUNGAL DISEASES
CONTENT
 Ringworm
 Aspergillosis

FUNGAL ANIMAL MODE OF SYMPTOMS CONTROL/PREVENTION

DISEASE AFFECTED TRANSMISSION
RINGWORM Cattle Contact with Lesions (injury, Disinfection of pens and
Sheep, contaminated damage, change equipment, treat
Goat and feeders and in texture) in the affected parts with
Rabbit water troughs skin of the sulphur ointment.
animals, irritation
of the skin, loss

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of appetite and
weight.
ASPERGILLOSIS Poultry Through Difficult Regular disinfection of
Aspergillus birds, pigs, contaminated breathing, the pen and equipment,
fumigates Cattle feed (mouldy respiratory avoid use of mouldy
feed), mouldy disorder, loss of feed, practice good
appetite, irritation
litter. sanitation and maintain
of skin, high body
proper hygiene, spray
temperature, loss
of weight. fungicide from time to
time to kill fungi spores.

EVALUATION
1. List three fungal diseases
2. State the symptoms of ringworm

PROTOZOAN DISEASES
CONTENT
 Trypanosomiasis
 Coccidiosis
 Red water fever (Piroplasmosis)

PROTOZOAN ANIMAL MODE OF SYMPTOMS CONTROL/PREVENTION

DISEASE AFFECTED TRANSMISSION
TRYPANOSOMIASIS Cattle, Spread by the Rise in body Clearing of bush around
Sheep and blood sucking temperature, farm in order to remove
Goat Tse-tse fly dullness in the fly’s habitat,
which sucks appearance, spraying with
blood from an constant insecticides to kill
infected animal sleeping. vector, treatment with
and transmit drugs such as
the pathogen to trypanosomide and
healthy animal. antimosan.
COCCIDIOSIS Domestic It is spread Dropping Proper sanitation, avoid
Eimera sp fowl, through faeces, wings, loss of wet litters and feed,
duck, litter, feed, appetite, change of litter used
goose, water and blood stained and general
turkey, contaminated diarrhoea, disinfection, use
guinea soils. emaciation, suitable drugs such as
fowl and high mortality, amprolium and
rabbit loss of hair/ nitrofurazone in water,
acopecia (in treat with coccidiostats.
rabbit)
RED WATER FEVER Cattle, It is transmitted Rise in body Spray with insecticides
(PIROPLASMOSIS) Sheep, through the bite temperature, to kill vector of disease
Babesia sp Goat and of vector called loss of (blue tick), injection of
Pig Blue tick. appetite, drugs such as Trypan

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diarrhoea, Blue, Babesan or
pale red Phenamidine.
colour of
urine,
emaciation
and death.

GENERAL EVALUATION
1. State 4 bacterial diseases affecting livestock.
2. State 2 symptoms of Tuberculosis.
3. Name 4 animals affected by tuberculosis.
4. What are the symptoms of fowl typhoid.
5. List 3 fungal diseases of animals.
6. Name 3 animals affected by ringworm.
7. State three diseases caused by protozoa.
8. What the vector of Piroplasmosis?
9. Outline three symptoms of Coccidiosis.

READING ASSIGNMENT
Essential Agric Science by O. Iwena page 386 -390

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. Which of the following livestock diseases is transmitted by tick? (a) Coccidiosis
(b) aspergillosis (c) brucellosis (d) red water fever
2. Which of the following diseases is not caused by protozoa (a) trypanosomiasis
(b) Coccidiosis (c) red water fever (d) aspergillosis
3. When a cattle is observed to be sleeping constantly among the flock, it’s most likely
suffering from (a) trypanosomiasis (b) coccidiosis (c) red water fever (d) aspergillosis
4. The disease that causes abortion in cattle at the later stage of pregnancy is (a) milk
fever (b) pneumonia (c) brucellosis (d) foot and mouth
5. Trypanosomiasis can affect the following animals except (a) fowl (b) cattle (c) sheep
(d) goat

THEORY
1a. State three diseases caused by protozoa.
b. Name the animals affected in each case.
2. Explain Red water fever disease under the following headings - causal organisms,
animals affected, mode of transmission, symptoms, control.

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WEEK SEVEN AND EIGHT
TOPIC: LIVESTOCK PARASITES AND THEIR LIFE CYCLES
CONTENT
 Definition of parasites
 Ectoparasites
 Endoparasites

LIVESTOCK PARASITES
A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism where it derives its nourishment
without the host gaining anything from the association.

FORMS OF PARASITES
1. Endoparasites:- These are parasites which live within the body of animals. Examples are
liverfluke, tapeworm, roundworm etc.
2. Ectoparasites:- These are parasites which live outside or on the host. Examples are
ticks, lice, mites, fleas, insect bugs.

LIFE CYCLES OF ENDOPARASITES

TAPEWORM
Tapeworm is composed of a very small head, neck and long segmented body. They belong to
the group called Platyhelminthes. Taenia solium is found in pigs while Taenia saginata is found
in cattle. The head called scolex consist of suckers and some times hooks as in Taenia solium. It
holds on to its host by mean of these organs. Taenia solium may be about 4m to 12m long and
can live inside man for many years, but only one can be present in a host at a time. Man is the
primary host while pig is the secondary host. The body segments called proglottides are
arranged in long row from the neck. The proglottides are small and young at the neck while
those far from the neck are the largest and the oldest.

LIFE CYCLE OF TAPEWORM

Tapeworm is a hermaphrodite, that is, it has both male and female reproductive organs, so it
can fertilize itself. A matured proglottid pulls off the body of the adult tapeworm, passed out
with human faeces where pigs ingest it during feeding.

It goes to the intestine of pig where enzyme act on the egg and embryo is liberated. It finds its
way to the blood stream by passing through the intestinal wall and finally deposited in the
muscle or heart of the pig. Each embryo encycled itself by cyst to become bladderworm with
an inverted head so that the sucker lies on the inside. When not well cooked pork or beef
containing the bladderworm is eaten, human digestive enzyme dissolves the bladderworm and
young tapeworm with its head turn inside out emerges. They do not affect the health of the
pig or cattle.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF TAPEWORM

1. The effect on man varies. It may have so little effect on some people that they are
unaware of its presence.
2. Some may have abdominal pain or discomfort.
3. Increase in appetite

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4. Weakness
5. Loss of weight, dizziness and restlessness
6. Poisonous substance produced by the worm may cause convulsion in some people.

CONTROL OF TAPEWORM
1. Sufficient cooking of meat to kill any larvae of the worm
2. Prevention of the deposition of human excreta in such places that cattle and pig will not
be able to eat them.
3. Treatment of infected person by regular deworming.
4. Inspection of animal before slaughtering
5. Burning of infested pasture
6. Proper meat inspection before selling.
7. Rotational grazing.

EVALUATION
1. What are endoparasites?
2. Discuss the life cycle of tapeworm.

LIFE CYCLE OF LIVERFLUKE (Fasciola Hepatica)

The adult fluke is found in the bile duct of the animals where it feeds and reproduces. The
adult fluke reproduces eggs in the bile duct of the animal which are pass out with the faeces
from the primary host(cattle,sheep,pig etc). if the eggs and faeces are passed out by the
ruminant into water,they developed into a larva called miracidium which later hatches ten
days . This larva swims in the water,looks for a snail –its secondary host( limnea trucatula)
It penetrates the snails skin or the pulmonary hole. It developed into a sporocyst within the
snail. Through asexual reproduction , the sporocyst produces a larva called radial. The radial
ruptures the sporocyst and migrate to the digestive gland of the snail. There it grows to the
final larva called cercaria.

After six weeks,the cercaria leaves the snail through the pulmonary hole and swims to look
for the final host in the water. The cercaria is ingested by the ruminant through infested
pastures or water. Then in the animal’s stomach, it makes it way to the animal’s liver to the
bile duct through the liver tissues.

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ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LIVEFLUKE
1. Destroys the liver tissues
2. Causes general weakness of the animal
3. Causes obstruction of the bile duct
4. It inhibits the production of bile from the liver
5. Lipid digestion is impaired
6. It prevent the flow of bile from the gall bladder to the small intestine.
7. Excessive blood from the liver causes anaemia
8. It leads to death in extreme cases.

CONTROL OF LIVERFLUKE
1. Control snails on pasture using copper sulphate solution
2. Regular deworming of animals
3. Rotational grazing
4. Avoid grazing near streams.

ROUNDWORM (Ascaris lumbricoides)

It is an elongated, cylindrical, whiteworm which is pointed at both ends. The body is smooth
and covered by thick, tough cuticle of few centimeters long.

LIFE CYCLE OF ROUNDWORM

The eggs are fertilized in the female worm and the larva developed within the egg shell. The
eggs are deposited in the intestine of pig from where they are passed out with the host faeces
into soil where they can remain for years. When the eggs are picked up by pigs either through
feeding or drinking, the egg shells are dissolved by digestive enzymes and the young larvae
emerges. The larvae then pierces through intestinal wall to the blood, then to the liver, to the
heart then to the lungs. From the lungs, then pierce into the mouth and throat of the pig. From
the throat, the larva are swallowed through the gullet into the intestine. Here, the larva
develop into mature worms and the life cycle is repeated all over again.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF ROUNDWORM

1. Reduce growth of host animals
2. High infestation can affect the respiration of host animals.
3. Indigestion and constipation
4. Loss of appetite and weakness result in death
5. Destroy many organs during the migration of young worms.

CONTROL OF ROUNDWORM
1. Regular deworming with piperazine drugs
2. Good sanitation
3. Provide clean and uncontaminated water to the pig.

GENERAL EVALUATION
1. State stages of roundworm.
2. Discuss the life cycle of roundworm.
3. List five examples of endoparasites.

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4. Distinguish between ecto and endo parasites

READING ASSIGNMENT
Essential Agric Science by O.A. Iwena, Chapter 41, Pages 390 - 395

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. The following are endoparasites of livestocks except a. insect bug b. roundworm
c. liverfluke d. tapeworm
2. The primary host of tapeworm is a. man b. sheep c. goat d. pig
3. The head of tapewom is otherwise referred to as a. sucker b. scolex c. hook d. anchor
4. The following are economic importance of tapeworm except a. causing reduced growth
b. causing indigestion c. causing death d. causing increased weight in animals
5. Which of the following is not a method of preventing diseases? a. quarantine
b. vaccination c. hygiene d. eating too much

THEORY
1. Explain briefly 5 economic importance of tapeworm in livestock production.
2. Enumerate 5 methods of preventing livestock diseases.

LIVESTOCK ECTO-PARASITES LFE CYCLES

Tick:- This is an ectoparasite of livestock animals. The body is divided into head and abdominal
region. It has four pairs of tough leathery integument. It possesses a toothed hypostome used
for sucking blood from its host.

LIFE CYCLE OF TICK

The life cycle of most ticks occur in four stages. These include the egg, the larvae, the nymph
and the adult stages. Each of the stages normally requires a separate host.

Egg:- After the female tick has sucked blood and fully engorged, it drops from the host, lays its
eggs in the ground under grass and dies.

Larvae:- Each egg hatches into a larva with six legs. The larva crawls into the grass and attaches
itself to the skin of passing animals or grazing animals. The larva feeds on the blood of the host
and later falls to the ground.

Nymphs:- The larvae on the ground moults into nymphs with eight legs. The nymph crawls and
attaches itself to a second host. It feeds on the host and later drops on the ground.

Adult:- Nymph on the ground finally moults into an adult tick which crawls into the grass and
attaches itself onto a third host animal. If the adult tick is a female, it inserts its mouth to the
body of the animal directly and sucks its blood. But, if the adult tick is a male, it does not fix
itself to the host but crawls on the skin in search of a female tick to mate with. After mating
with the female, the male dies. When the female has sucked enough blood, it falls on the
ground, lay its eggs and dies and the whole cycle is repeated.

There is sexual dimorphism (two distinct forms) that is the male is different from the female.

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While the male tick does not suck blood, the female is blood sucking.
The stages of development of ticks occuring on the host depend on the type of tick. For
example, in the three-host tick e.g. Ixodes ricinus, Amblyomma sp, the larvae feed on one
host, the nymphs on another and the adult feeds on a third host.

In the two-host tick exemplified Rhipicephalus evertsi (dog tick), the larvae and nymphs
develop on the same host while the adult feeds on the second host.

In the one-host tick e.g. Boophilus decoloratus, all the three stages are completed on one
individual host.

Methods of Diseases Transmission

The one-host tick transmits disease through the egg, that is, it is transovarian.
The two-host and three-host ticks transmit diseases by infecting their different hosts.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF TICKS

1. They remove or suck appreciable quantities of blood from their host thus leading to
anaemia.
2. Their bite cause serious skin irritation which may lead to wounds.
3. Transmission of diseases such as east coast fever (Theileriasis)
4. Damages of skin by tick which reduces the quality of hide.
5. Too much loss of blood may lead to loss of weight and death of host animal.

CONTROL OF TICKS
1. Keep animals in clean surroundings
2. Regular dipping of animals to destroy ticks or spraying with acaricide solution.
3. Practice rotational grazing or paddocking.
4. Isolation of new stock to ensure they are free from infection.
5. Change of animal bedding regularly.
6. Handpick ticks from the body of host animals

EVALUATION
1. What are ectoparasites?

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2. State stages of tick.
3. Discuss the life cycle of tick.

LICE
These are wingless insects with flattened bodies. They are remarkably specific to their hosts,
that is, each species is parasitic on only one kind of animal. The lice of poultry or cattle for
instance, cannot live successfully on man and vice versa. The body is divided into three-head,
thorax and abdomen. Their bodies are made up of exoskeleton with mouth part used for biting
and sucking. They attack cattle, sheep, goat and poultry birds.

LIFE CYCLE OF LICE

All lice pass their life cycle on the surface of the host and they cannot live long away from a
host. They attach their eggs called nits to the hair or feather of the host and the young ones
called nymphs emerged from the hatched eggs. This is an incomplete metamorphosis. The
nymphs after a series of moults of its skin becomes the adult male or female louse. The life
cycle takes about three to four weeks.

Nymph

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LICE

1. Bites cause considerable irritation which results in scratching and restlessness.
2. Scratching may result in sores which may be infested with bacteria
3. Restlessness can result in low productivity of the stocks
4. They act as vectors of disease
5. They suck the blood of host thus leading to anaemia, loss of weight and death.

Mode of Transmission
By body contact

CONTROL OF LICE
1. Overcrowding should be avoided to reduce the incidence of contact.
2. The parasite can be killed with insecticide.
3. Keep animals in clean environment.
4. Regular dipping of animals in acaricide solution.

GENERAL EVALUATION
1. What are ectoparasites?
2. State stages of lice.
3. Discuss the life cycle of lice
4. List five ectoparsites
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5. List five endo parasites

READING ASSIGNMENT
Essential Agric Science by O.A. Iwena, Chapter 41, Pages 394 - 396

ASSIGNMENT
1. The following are ectoparasites of livestock except a. tick b. louse c. flea d. roundworm
2. Which of the following is not an endoparasite of livestock? a. Earthworm b. tapeworm
c. roundworm d. liverfluke.
3. Attack of lice on animals can be controlled by the following except. a. vaccination
b. dipping c. avoid overcrowding d. spraying with insecticide.
4. Regular sucking of blood of animals by ticks can lead to a disease called a. anaemia
b. trypanosomiasis c. ringworm d. coccidiosis
5. Trypanosomiasis affect the following animals except a. fowl b. goat c. cattle d. sheep

THEORY
1. Describe briefly the life history of tick.
2. Compare and contrast the features of ticks and lice.

EVALUATION
1. List 5 economic importance of tapeworm
2. What are parasites
3. List five economic importance of roundworm
4. List five economic importance of tapeworm
5. Explain how to control tapeworm
6. Explain how to control round worm.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. Which of these livestock parasites possesses proglottides? a) liver fluke b) roundworm
c) tapeworm d) trypanosome e) tick
2. The water snail is important in the life cycle of a) roundworm b) tapeworm c) liverfluke
d) coccidium e) tick
3. When a farmer tries to eradicate snails from his pastures, he is attempting to to control
a) ticks b) tapeworms c) trypanosomiasis d) liver flukes,
4. Liverflukes infestation causes disturbance in lipid digestion because it a) blocks the
passage of fat to intestine b) blocks the bile duct and reduces secretion of bile
c) destroys the lipase enzyme d) prevents fat excretion.
5. Diseases of animals that can be transferred to humans are a) nutritional
b) physiological c) zoonotic d) parasitic

THEORY
1. List 5 economic importance of tapeworm
2. List 5 economic importance of roundworm

GENERAL EVALUATION
1. List 5 economic importance of lice

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2. What are parasites?
3. List five endo parasites.
4. How can lice be controlled?
5. How can tick be controlled?

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. The brownish, flattened and leaf like parasites found in cattle are called a) tapeworms
b) liverflukes c) ticks d) roundworms e) lice
2. Which of these livestock diseases is transmitted by ticks? A) red water b) Coccidiosis c)
Aspergilosis d) trypanosomiasis e) Brucelliosis
3. The commonest ectoparasite of birds are a) lice b) fleas c) mites d) ticks d) houseflies
4. An unproductive animal completely removed from the rest of the stock is said to be a)
quarantined b) culled c) isolated d) confined e) sold.
5. What type of pasture practice is used for controlled parasite vector a) overgazing b)
zero-grazing b) rotational grazing c) reseeding

THEORY
1. List five economic importance of tick
2. List five economic importance of lice

EVALUATION
1. List three controls of Lice
2. What is animal disease?
3. What are pathogens?
4. List five disease causing organism.
5. How can you control ticks
6. List four economic importance of tick.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
1. The most effective method of controlling ectoparasites in farm animals is by regular
a)exposure of animals to sunlight b)dipping of animals in a solution of pesticides c)
handpicking of ectoparasites d)isolation of infested animals.
2. The purpose of vaccination is to a) treat parasites infestation b) prevent disease
infection c)control parasites d)treat diseases.
3. The following are practical measures of controlling trypanosomiasis except a)spraying
against the vector b)modification of vector’s habitat c)use of drug on diseased livestock
d)vaccinatings against trypanosomes.
4. All these are controls of parasites in piggery except a) disinfecting pens b) regular
cleaning of feed and water troughs c) isolating sick animals d) weekly vaccination of
pigs
5. The commonest endoparasite of pig are a)lice b)tapeworm c)mites d)ticks
d)roundworm

THEORY
1. List 4 controls of Lice
2. List 4 controls of tapeworm

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