Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Kimaeti Sub-County Muslim Schools Joint Agriculture Paper 2 2026 Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Agriculture 443/2 mock examination.

  This paper tests essential competencies in livestock production, animal nutrition, veterinary health management, farm structures, and farm machinery. It is designed to equip learners with standard examination techniques for animal science assessment.

  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 90 marks
  • Number of Questions: 25 questions (Questions 1 to 25)
  • Structure: Section A (30 marks) contains 18 compulsory short-answer questions (Questions 1–18); Section B (20 marks) contains 4 compulsory structured diagram-based questions (Questions 19–22); Section C (40 marks) contains 3 extended essay questions (Questions 23–25) where candidates answer any two questions (20 marks each).

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A:
    • Factors determining water intake and requirements in livestock
    • Breeds of dairy and fiber goats (Angora breed)
    • Factors influencing the effectiveness of acaricides in tick control
    • Flushing management and nutritional preparation in breeding ewes
    • Reasons and benefits of castrating breeding boars
    • Anatomy and function of the avian digestive system (Crop)
    • Reinforced concrete applications in farm building construction
    • Calf housing hygiene and advantages of individual calf pens
    • Parturition signs in swine management (Farrowing in sows)
    • Stress factors and behavioral management in poultry production
    • Physiology of milk secretion: Inhibition and stimulation of milk let-down
    • Mastitis control and dry cow therapy in dairy cows
    • Classification and categories of livestock diseases
    • Limitations and disadvantages of plunge dips in tick management
    • Economic reasons for controlling livestock diseases
    • Breed characteristics of Duroc Jersey pigs
    • Incubation management: Candling of eggs and disadvantages of free-range poultry systems
  • Section B:
    • Farm fencing: Chain-link wire fences versus live hedges and fastening tools
    • Workshop tools: Identification and use of auger bits and workshop safety precautions
    • Livestock metabolic disorders: Symptoms, causes, and prevention of milk fever (Parturient paresis)
    • Dairy cattle conformation, body wedge shape, and physical selection criteria
  • Section C:
    • Livestock pathology: Foot-rot disease causal organisms, symptoms, and control measures
    • Pig housing design: Essential units in a piggery and their respective functions
    • Dehorning techniques and reasons for dehorning in cattle management
    • Poultry vice management: Control measures for cannibalism in laying flocks
    • Livestock parasite control: Symptoms and management of roundworm infestations
    • Artificial calf rearing management from birth to weaning
    • Livestock improvement: Upgrading indigenous cattle for dairy production
    • Aquaculture: Site selection criteria for commercial fish pond construction
    • Apiculture: Supplemental feeding and sugar syrup management in honeybees
• Length:

  11 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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