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






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






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






4. Intake crude protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen is called _____






5. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






7. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____






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






9. Intake crude protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen is called _____






10. _____ is also called gas gangrene






11. _____ is called parturient paresis






12. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






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






15. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






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






18. _____ is the common name for nematodes






19. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows






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






21. _____ is also known as acetonemia






22. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






23. _____ is a zoonotic disorder that affects as many as 90% of dairy farms by this parasitic organism






24. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






26. 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 _____






27. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






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






30. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






31. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






32. _____ means diarrhea






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






34. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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






36. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






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






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






40. _____ 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






41. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






42. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






43. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






44. _____ is an example of a trematode






45. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






46. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






47. _____ is also known as red nose






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






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






50. The dairy breed with a golden yellow color to its milk is _____