Animal Health

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under Animal Health, the JAMB Agricultural Science syllabus expects you to study:

• 7. Animal Health a. Animal diseases (pathology) i. Environmental factors predisposing animals to diseases;
• causal organisms, symptoms, transmission and effects.
• ii. Preventive and curative methods for diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa.
• b. Parasites (parasitology) i. Life cycles and economic importance of livestock parasites e.g. endoparasites, ectoparasites and disease vectors.
• ii. Prevention and control - dipping - spraying - deworming - sanitation

Study notes & guidance

Study Animal Health using a recommended Agricultural Science textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Agricultural Science, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Objectives — candidates should be able to

After studying Animal Health, you should be able to:

1. Identify diseases of farm animals and causative agents.
2. Classify livestock diseases based on symptoms and mode of transmission.
3. Apply appropriate preventive and curative measures against diseases caused by these pathogens.
4. Classify livestock parasites.
5. Determine their role in disease transmission.
6. Trace life cycles of parasites from egg to adult stage. apply appropriate prevention and control methods against livestock parasites.

These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Agricultural Science syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.