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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 caused by a deficiency of vitamin E or Se in dairy calves






2. _____ 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






3. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US






4. CSS stands for _____






5. The spores from the fatal disease _____ can live in the soil for more than 60 years






6. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






7. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






8. _____ is caused by the heel fly






9. _____ is the normal rectal temperature of a diary cow






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






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






12. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US






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






14. _____ is called parturient paresis






15. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






16. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






17. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows






18. _____ is a chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk lin e






19. _____ is the common name for nematodes






20. _____ is a disease characterized by pneumonia or septicemia. the highest incidence occurs in aimals subjected to stress






21. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






25. _____ is also known as red nose






26. _____ is caused by a deficiency of vitamin E or Se in dairy calves






27. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






28. _____ is the nation with the highest-producing dairy cows






29. _____ is an example of a trematode






30. _____ is adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis






31. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






33. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






34. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






35. The tendency of two or more traits that vary in the same direction or in opposite directions due to common forces or influences is known as _____






36. _____ is also known as barn itch






37. _____ is the normal rectal temperature of a diary cow






38. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






39. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*






40. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






41. _____ is also known as red nose






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






43. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






44. _____ describes an animal that has a crooked hock - which causes the lower part of the leg to be bent forward out of a normal perpendicular straight line






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






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






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






48. _____ means diarrhea






49. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn






50. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____