Neco 2022 Agricultural Science Question 21

Practice objective / multiple choice question 21 from the 2022 Neco Agricultural Science examination.

Neco 2022 Agricultural Science Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 21 NECO • 2022 • AGRICULTURAL_SCIENCE • objective

A herd of 200 cattle is affected by disease X. The disease has a basic reproduction number \(R_0 = 2.5\) in a fully susceptible herd. A vaccination programme reduces the susceptibility of each vaccinated animal by 60 %. If 80 animals are vaccinated and there are initially 5 infected animals, what is the expected number of new infections after one generation of transmission? Give your answer as a decimal.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. 9.5
B. 7.5
C. 12.0
D. 15.0
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
9.5

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This is Neco 2022 Agricultural Science Question 21. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Neco Agricultural Science examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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