Goat Production and Management — Animal Science Reviewer Questions
360 board-style Goat Production and Management items for the Agriculturist Licensure Examination. Try 30 questions free; lifetime access is ₱49. Ration and carcass items are calculation-shaped but rarely arithmetic-heavy. Read for what is being asked before reaching for numbers.
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Board-style items taken from the Animal Science bank. Every answer is explained, which is the part that makes a review question worth doing twice.
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What is the standard term for a castrated male goat?
- A. Wether correct
- B. Buckling
- C. Doeling
- D. Sire
Why: A wether is a castrated male goat.
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What term refers to a young female goat that has not yet kidded?
- A. Wether
- B. Doeling correct
- C. Buckling
- D. Dam
Why: A doeling is a young female goat, generally before first kidding.
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What term is used for the act of giving birth in goats?
- A. Flushing
- B. Weaning
- C. Kidding correct
- D. Browsing
Why: Parturition in goats is called kidding.
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What term describes the number of times a doe has kidded?
- A. Prolificacy
- B. Lactation
- C. Fecundity
- D. Parity correct
Why: Parity counts completed parturitions.
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Which term means the number of kids born per doe that kidded?
- A. Stocking rate
- B. Morbidity
- C. Prolificacy correct
- D. Persistency
Why: Prolificacy is commonly expressed as kids born per doe kidding.
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What is the common livestock term for goat meat?
- A. Chevon correct
- B. Mutton
- C. Veal
- D. Venison
Why: Chevon refers to goat meat.
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Which term refers to leaves, twigs, and shrubs selected by goats as feed?
- A. Silage
- B. Concentrate
- C. Premix
- D. Browse correct
Why: Browse is woody or shrubby vegetative material eaten by goats.
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What is creep feeding?
- A. Restricting all concentrate before weaning
- B. Providing supplemental feed that young kids can access but adults cannot correct
- C. Feeding only browse to breeding bucks
- D. Offering minerals only during transport
Why: Creep feeding gives nursing young access to supplemental feed while excluding larger adults.
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