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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet






2. _____ 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






3. _____ is also known as barn itch






4. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






5. _____ 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






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






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






8. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






9. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






10. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






11. _____ is an example of a trematode






12. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






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






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






16. _____ 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






17. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






18. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. _____ means diarrhea






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






35. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






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






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






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






41. _____ is also called illawara






42. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






44. _____ is also known as barn itch






45. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






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






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






49. _____ is called parturient paresis






50. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation