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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell






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






3. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






5. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






7. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






8. _____ is also known as red nose






9. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






10. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






11. _____ 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






12. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






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






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






16. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






17. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






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






20. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






21. _____ is an example of a trematode






22. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






24. _____ is a viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease






25. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






26. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






27. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






28. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






30. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






32. _____ is also called illawara






33. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






35. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






36. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






37. _____ 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






38. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






40. _____ is the common name for nematodes






41. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






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






44. CSS stands for _____






45. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






48. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






50. _____ are wingless - flattened insects