Test your basic knowledge |

Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






6. CSS stands for _____






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






8. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






9. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






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






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






13. _____ is also called illawara






14. _____ 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






21. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






22. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






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






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






26. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






28. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






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






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






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






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






34. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






35. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






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






39. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






40. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






41. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






42. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






44. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






45. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






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






48. _____ should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tympany






49. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






50. _____ are wingless - flattened insects