Question

Ambon is given to
A. Milch animals
B. Pigs
C. Dogs
D. Cats

Answer 1

Hint: The science or rearing, feeding, caring, breeding, improvement and utilization of domesticated animals is called animal husbandry. The main elements of this are proper feeding, providing fresh-water and good shelter to animals.

Complete answer:
Cow, buffalo and goat are the examples of milch animals or milk yielding animals. They provide milk. More than 95 percent of milk in India is contributed by cows and buffaloes. Indigenous breeds of cattle have very high milk-yielding varieties. For example, Red Sindhi and Deoni from Andhra Pradesh, Sahiwal from Punjab and Haryana, etc.
India has about 227 million cattle and buffaloes and it ranks fifth in the world in terms of its numbers. However milk production in India figures very poorly and it ranks lowest in milk yield per cow.
Ninety percent of livestocks depends upon grazing in public and government owned lands of forest. The prepared food given to them is classified into two categories:
Roughage- It includes fodder, silages, hay and straw. It has high fibre content.
Concentrates –It includes cereals, millets, forage crops with high leaf protein and oil cake. Oil seeds and animals by products. Although low fibre in content, the concentrates have high nutrient value and digestibility. Minerals and vitamins are added to the feed of high yielders. The proportion of balanced feed differs for the young and the adult animals.
Ambon is a nutritious fermented mixture of grain meal, jiggery, and oil cake which is fed to cows, buffaloes, etc. for increasing their milk yield and making it more nutritious.
So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Note: Domesticated animals especially the farm animals kept for use or profit are collectively called livestocks. It includes cattles, goats, elephants, horses, ass, yak, silkworm, etc. Cats and dogs are called pet animals.