Test your basic knowledge |

Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






2. Holstein Association uses ______________ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance.






3. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






4. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






5. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






6. Intake protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen.






7. Naturally hornless.






8. The circumference of the body just back of the shoulders. Used to estimate body weight.






9. Tendency of two or more traits to vary in the same direction or in opposite directions due to common forces or influences.






10. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






11. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






12. Caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet.






13. Count of ____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland






14. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






15. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






16. Age conversion formulas applied to milk production of young cows to compare their milk yield with more mature cows.






17. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






18. Mechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exit between the teat cup liner and shell.






19. An association which dairy farmers join to participate in their record-keeping and management plans and is operated jointly by the USDA and state colleges of agriculture and land-grant universities.






20. Parts blood must pass through the udder to produce milk.






21. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






22. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






23. Rolling herd average for U.S. dairy herd.






24. The world record/ cow/ year for milk yield (in pounds).






25. Year Babcock Test was developed.






26. Also called gas gangrene.






27. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






28. State producing the most milk (total pounds).






29. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






30. Most commonly used test for diagnosis of Leptospirosis in cattle.






31. Is the nation with the highest producing dairy cows.






32. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






33. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






34. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






35. Method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy.






36. Common name for nematodes.






37. Stiff Lamb - Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy - Caused by a defficiency of Vitamin E or Selenium in dairy calves.






38. Common name for syndactylism.






39. Also known as Red Nose.






40. Caused by the heel fly.






41. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






42. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle.






43. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






44. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






45. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






46. PTAT






47. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






48. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






49. The mammary system of a cow is divided into ___ independent parts.






50. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.