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






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






3. _____ 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






4. _____ means naturally hornless






5. _____ is also known as red nose






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






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






8. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






10. 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 _____






11. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






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






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






15. _____ is a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy






16. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






17. _____ is a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy






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






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






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






21. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






22. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






24. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






27. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






28. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






29. Milking cows are usually milked _____ days and dried up _____ days before the next lactation






30. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






32. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






33. _____ means diarrhea






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






35. _____ is the common name for nematodes






36. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






37. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






39. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






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






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






43. CSS stands for _____






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






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






46. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






47. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






48. _____ is also known as syndactylism






49. _____ 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






50. _____ is also known as barn itch