Question 10 of 34intermediate💡 UnderstandShort Answer3 marks

What are the other standard healthcare measures farmers take to protect their animals besides vaccination?

Correct Answer

Besides vaccination, farmers take several healthcare measures to protect their animals.

Providing nutritious food and clean water ensures proper nutrition and hydration for livestock.

Maintaining proper housing involves cleanliness, ventilation, and shelter from weather and predators.

Regular bathing and cleaning of animals helps maintain hygiene and prevent diseases.

Farmers monitor health parameters like body temperature, respiration rate, eyes, nostrils, skin condition, behaviour, and appetite to detect illness early.

Using home remedies and Ayurvedic medicines provides treatment for common ailments.

Protecting animals from external parasites like ticks involves using herbs like neem, lantana leaves, and turmeric.

Ensuring timely medical treatment from veterinary professionals addresses serious health issues.

Exercise: Activity 3: Participation in vaccination drives | Q: 3 | (Page Page 11)
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Explanation

The chapter states that livestock need proper housing (cleanliness, ventilation, shelter from weather and predators), feed (clean water and fodder), healthcare (vaccination and medicine), and a safe environment. Visual observations for health include checking eyes (bright, moist, clean), nostrils (clean, wet, without discharge), skin (glossy, clean, free from parasites), behaviour (alert, inquisitive), and appetite (good, no diarrhoea).

Solution Steps

  1. Providing nutritious food and clean water for proper nutrition

  2. Maintaining proper housing with cleanliness, ventilation, and shelter

  3. Regular bathing and cleaning of animals

  4. Monitoring health parameters like body temperature, respiration rate, eyes, nostrils, skin condition, behaviour, and appetite

  5. Using home remedies and Ayurvedic medicines for common ailments

  6. Protecting animals from external parasites using herbs like neem, lantana leaves, and turmeric

  7. Ensuring timely medical treatment from veterinary professionals

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