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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy






2. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






5. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






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






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






10. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






11. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






12. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






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






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






16. CSS stands for _____






17. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






19. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






20. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






22. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






24. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






26. The optimum number of daylight hours for maximum milk yield is _____






27. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






28. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






29. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






31. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






32. _____ is caused by the heel fly






33. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






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






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






38. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






40. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






41. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






42. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






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






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






48. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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






50. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis