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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The disorder _____ is prevented by the use of DCADs






2. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






3. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






4. _____ 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






5. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






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






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






9. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






11. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






12. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






14. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






15. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






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






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






19. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






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






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






23. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






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






26. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






27. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






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






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






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






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






33. _____ is called parturient paresis






34. _____ 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






35. _____ 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






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






37. 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 _____






38. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






39. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






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






42. _____ means diarrhea






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






44. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






45. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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






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






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






49. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






50. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion