Animal Husbandry - Study Mode

[#456] Project Directorate on Poultry (PDP) is located at
Correct Answer

(C) Hyderabad

Explanation

Solution: Project Directorate on Poultry (PDP) is located in Hyderabad. The ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research (DPR) formerly Project Directorate on Poultry (PDP) is one of the constituent research institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), an autonomous organization under the Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. The Directorate was set up as a coordinating unit of All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Poultry in 1970 at Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Subsequently, the unit was elevated as a full-fledged Project Directorate in 1988 and shifted to Hyderabad, the capital city of the southern state of Telangana.

[#457] The protein content in cow milk is
Correct Answer

(B) 3.6%

Explanation

Solution: The protein content in cow milk is 3.6%. Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they can digest solid food. Milk contains many nutrients, including protein and lactose. Milk is an emulsion or colloid of butterfat globules within a water-based fluid that contains dissolved carbohydrates and protein aggregates with minerals.
Total protein content of bovine milk is approximately 3.6% by weight, providing almost 38% of the total solids-not-fat content of milk, and about 21% of whole milk energy.

[#458] Swine Influenza virus associated with current pandemic in humans is
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(A) H1N1

Explanation

Solution: The Swine Influenza virus associated with the current pandemic in humans is H1N1. Swine influenza is an infection caused by several types of swine influenza viruses. The H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu, is primarily caused by the H1N1 strain of the flu (influenza) virus. H1N1 is a type of influenza A virus, and H1N1 is one of several flu virus strains that can cause seasonal flu. Symptoms of the H1N1 flu are the same as those of the seasonal flu.

[#459] The zoological name of goat is
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(C) Capra hircus

Explanation

Solution: The zoological name of goat is Capra hircus. The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. A goat is useful to humans when it is living and when it is dead, first as a renewable provider of milk, manure, and fiber, and then as meat and hide.

[#460] The system of housing cattle, which costs less saves labour and provides more comfort to the animal is
Correct Answer

(C) Loose housing system

Explanation

Solution: The system of housing cattle, which costs less saves labour and provides more comfort to the animal is loose housing system. A system of housing in which animals are kept loose in an open paddock in groups of 40 - 50 throughout the day and night. The loose housing system involves low cost of construction and maintenance, provides more comfort to animals, and ensures easier detection of oestrus and better labour efficiency, as compared to the conventional housing system.