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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. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






3. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






5. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






6. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






7. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






8. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






9. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






12. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






13. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis


14. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






16. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






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






19. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






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






22. _____ 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






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






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






25. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






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






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






29. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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 _____






40. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






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






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






44. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






45. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






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






49. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






50. _____ is the common name for nematodes