Artificial Breeding

Q.

Which of the following are advantages of natural breeding?

I. Reduction of effort of breeders and ease of mating between males and female with superior characters.

II. Semen collected from the superior males can be preseved and used later.

III. There are less chances of spreading of contagious diseases.

IV. It does not involve heavy expenditure on laboratories, equipments or expert personnel.

1. I and II
2. Only I
3. III and IV
4. I and IV

Q. First artificial insemination (AI) was done in India at

1. Palace Dairy Farm, Mysore
2. National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI)
3. Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI)
4. Allahabad Agricultural Institute, UP

Q. Given below are the steps involved in MOET. Identify A, B and C.

1. A - Oxytocin, B - Superovulation, C - Transfer to surrogate mother
2. A - Estrogen, B - Superovulation, C - Transfer to surrogate mother
3. A - Progesterone, B - Superovulation, C - Transfer to surrogate mother
4. A - FSH, B - Superovulation, C - Transfer to surrogate mother

Q.

Read the following statements regarding controlled breeding experiments.

1. Success rate of controlled breeding experiments by the technique of artificial insemination is high.
2. Probability of a calf having all desired traits by the technique of artificial insemination is high.
3. MOET is successful only in cows and sheep.
4. In MOET, the selected female is administered with hormones having FSH-like activity to induce superovulation

How many of the above statements are correct?

1. Three
2. One
3. Two
4. Four

Q. MOET and Artificial insemination are examples of

1. Inbreeding
2. Artificial breeding
3. Outbreeding
4. None of the above

Q. The first successfully cloned mammal (animal) that gained worldwide publicity was

1. Molly (a sheep)
2. Polly (a sheep)
3. Chance (a bull)
4. Dolly (a sheep)

Q. Assertion (A): In Multiple Oocyte Embryo Transfer Technology (MOET), more than one egg is produced per oestrous cycle by the cow

Reason (R): Cows are given hormones with FSH-like activity to induce superovulation

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion
2. Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
3. The assertion is true but reason is false
4. The assertion is false but reason is true

Q. Which of the following is true about ‘natural breeding’?

1. It involves selecting animals with desirable characteristics and allowing them to mate on their own
2. It involves injecting the semen from the selected male into the reproductive tract of the selected female
3. It involves only random breeding
4. It involves the use of surrogate mothers to give birth to the offspring

Q. One week old embryo can be preserved at

1. $-{196}^{\circ }$
   
2. $-{270}^{\circ }$
3. None of these
4. $-{200}^{\circ }$
   

Q.

Which of the following are advantages of natural breeding?

I. Reduction of effort of breeders and ease of mating between males and female with superior characters.

II. Semen collected from the superior males can be preseved and used later.

III. There are less chances of spreading of contagious diseases.

IV. It does not involve heavy expenditure on laboratories, equipments or expert personnel.

1. I and II
2. Only I
3. III and IV
4. I and IV

Q. Which of the following statement is incorrect with regards to MOET:-

1. MOET has been demonstrated for cow, rabbit, sheep, mare, buffaloes etc.
2. MOET is used to increases herd size in short time
3. The fertilised eggs are recovered non surgically and transferred to genetic mother
4. In this method, a cow administered hormones with FSH- like activity.

Q. Semen from a masculine bull from America is obtained and is injected to an Indian local cow for the production of good hybrid calf. This method is known as:

1. Cross-breeding
2. Interspecific hybridisation
3. Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer Technology (MOET)
4. Artificial insemination

Q. Which of the following is true about ‘natural breeding’?

1. It involves selecting animals with desirable characteristics and allowing them to mate on their own
2. It involves injecting the semen from the selected male into the reproductive tract of the selected female
3. It involves only random breeding
4. It involves the use of surrogate mothers to give birth to the offspring

Q. In black swan, invariable cross-fertilization takes place.

1. True
2. False

Q. Why is artificial insemination in MOET preferred over natural?

Q. Artificial breeding is the only method to produce high yielding animals.

1. True
2. False

Q. One week old embryo can be preserved at

1. $-{196}^{\circ }$
   
2. $-{200}^{\circ }$
   
3. $-{270}^{\circ }$
4. None of these

Q.

The technique employed to make a cow ovulate and produce more ova is called:

1. Embryo transplantation

2. Superovulation

3. Random breeding

4. Controlled breeding

Q. Artificial insemination involves ________________.

1. Super Ovulation
2. Semen collection
3. Egg collection
4. Embryo collection

Q. High link yielding cross bred Frieswal cow is the product of

1. Brown Swiss X Sahiwal
2. Friesian X Sahiwal
3. Holstein X Tharparkar
4. Brown Swiss X Red Sindhi.

Q. Cross bred - Dairy Cattle is __________________.

1. Exotic cattle
2. Indigenous cattle
3. Mating of parents of two or more different breeds, strains or species together
4. None of the above

Q. Which of the following is not a step in Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer Technology (MOET)?

1. Fertilized eggs are transferred to surrogate mothers at 8-32 cell stage
2. Cow is administered hormone having LH like activity for super ovulation
3. Cow yields about 6-8 eggs at a time
4. Cow is fertilized by artifical insemination

Q. MOET and Artificial insemination are examples of

1. Outbreeding
2. Inbreeding
3. Artificial breeding
4. None of the above

Q. Artificial breeding is the only method to produce high yielding animals.

1. True
2. False