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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 zoonotic disorder that affects as many as 90% of dairy farms by this parasitic organism






2. 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 _____






3. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






4. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






6. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






7. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






9. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






10. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






11. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland






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






13. An agent that destroys worms in the digestive tract is _____






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






15. _____ is an association that dairy farmers join to participate in its record-keeping and management plans and is operated jointly by the USDA and state college of agriculture of land grant universities






16. Four of the leading states in milk production are _____ - _____ - _____ and _____






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






18. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






19. _____ 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






20. _____ is a viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease






21. _____ is a viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease






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






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






24. _____ is called parturient paresis






25. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






26. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






27. _____ is also known as syndactylism






28. _____ is an infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull






29. _____ is also known as barn itch






30. _____ is an example of a trematode






31. The Holstein Association uses _____ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance






32. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






33. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






34. _____ is the world's record per cow for annual milk yield (in pounds)






35. _____ is also called illawara






36. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






38. The hormone _____ stimulates an increase of up to 20% more milk with only 5% more feed






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






40. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






41. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






42. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






43. The _____ is used by all dairy breed associations as the standard for judging and classifying cattle






44. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






47. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






48. _____ causes undulant fever in people






49. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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