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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. _____ is a chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk lin e






2. _____ means naturally hornless






3. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






4. _____ are molds that develop on feed that produce toxins






5. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk






6. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation






7. _____ is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation






8. _____ is a fatal protozoan disesase of cattle that destroys the red blood cells - causing anemia and death






9. The mammary system of a cow is divided into _____ independent parts






10. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow






11. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






12. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






13. _____ is the circumference of the body just back of the shoulders of an animal; used to estimate body weight






14. _____ is also known as syndactylism






15. _____ is a test for determination of BF% in milk






16. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






17. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






18. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






19. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____






20. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






21. The period of nonlactation between two periods of lactation is called a _____ period






22. _____ is also known as acetonemia






23. _____ is the most commonly used test for diagnosis of leptospirosis in cattle






24. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






25. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






26. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






27. _____ should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tympany






28. _____ is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet






29. _____ is the standardization of lactation records to the level of yield that would have been attained by each cow if it had been a mature cow and calved in the month of the year of highest calving frequency for its breed






30. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






31. _____ is the most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield






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






33. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






34. _____ is the state that produces the most milk (total pounds)






35. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____






36. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation






37. _____ are molds that develop on feed that produce toxins






38. The disorder _____ is prevented by the use of DCADs






39. _____ is caused by the heel fly






40. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






41. Established colleges of agrculture in each state are called _____






42. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






43. _____ is the rolling herd average for US dairy herds






44. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






45. _____ should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tympany






46. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






47. _____ is caused by the heel fly






48. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






49. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet






50. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell