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1 No. of Printed Pages : 8 OLP-001 CO O O CERTIFICATE IN POULTRY FARMING (CPF) Term-End Examination June, 2012 OLP-001 : INTRODUCTION TO POULTRY FARMING Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50 Note : Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. Define / Explain any five of the following : 5x2=10 (a) Beak trimming / Debeaking (b) Layer (c) Deep litter (d) Dressing Percentage (e) Fumigation (f) Incubation (g) Scavenging (h) Moulting 2. Write short notes on any two of the following : 2x5=10 (a) Turkey Farming (b) Poultry Cooperatives (c) Poultry cum Fish Farming System OLP P.T.O.

2 3. Draw an outline of Turkey and identify important 10 body parts. 4. (a) Classify chicken based on utility or use. Give one example for each group. (b) Describe in detail the white leghorn breed of chicken. 2x5=10 5. (a) What do you mean by Feed conversion Ratio (FCR) write the formula for calculating.. FCR for layers and broilers. 4x2.5=10 (b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of artificial insemination? (c) Write briefly about duck farming. (d) What are the factors affecting egg production? 6. What do you mean by culling? How culling 10 improves the production? Write in detail about sight culling. 7. Write short notes on : 4x2.5=10 (a) Reproductive system of poultry (b) Judging of poultry (c) Differentiate between broiler and layer farming (d) Backyard poultry farming OLP-001 2

3 8. Read the following case and answer the questions 10 given of the end: Livelihood security through backyard poultry Mr. N,agaraj from k. Salundi village of Mysore block is 40 year old farmer with middle school education is living with wife and a son. He practices agriculture with 0.5 acre land and started backyard poultry farming about 2 years back. He started backyard poultry farming with Giriraja birds purchased from Bangalore veterinary college. Having two years experience, today he is maintaining 80 young birds aged days and 20 adult birds for egg production. He regularly vaccinates his birds and consult a private local veterinary assistant for minor treatment. He said "I sell on an average 70 young birds (24 days old) every month at the rate of Rs. 14 / bird. He is earning Rs. 900/-per month by selling chicks to middleman and Rs. 400/- by selling eggs. He said " 12 adult birds and 200 eggs were used for home consumption". Mr. Nagaraja said " I plan to start Giriraja back yard poultry farm on large scale, but getting back loan, training on poultry farming are major constraints ". He said that 70 percent of his house hold expenditure is fulfilled by income from back yard poultry farming and income from cattle and buffalo farming has been saved in bank. OLP P.T.O.

4 He proudly said after seeing his success, few other farmers also started backyard poultry as a source of subsidiary income for livelihood security. Questions : (a) (b) (c) (d) Do you think that Mr. Nagaraja and his family benefited with backyard poultry farming? Support your answer. What are the nutritional and livelihood security issues involved in backyard poultry farming to Mr. Nagaraja family? What are the implications of this case to rural development through backyard poultry farming? What are the economic benefits of backyard poultry to Mr. Nagaraja? OLP-001 4

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