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Dairy Industry
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industries
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dairy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet
grass tetany
_____ _____ nitrogen
dry
flat worm - liverflukes
2. The optimum number of daylight hours for maximum milk yield is _____
16
babcock
estrogen
bloat
3. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving
400
Brown Swiss
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
land grant act
4. _____ is caused by a deficiency of vitamin E or Se in dairy calves
babcock
milk fever
BHVI (bovine herpes)
nutritional _____
5. Anothe rname for BSE is _____
red water
vibriosis
mad cow disease
roundworm
6. _____ 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
cycle
somatic
lice
101.5
7. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle
hairy foot warts
AI
alveoli
Jersey
8. _____ is adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis
bovine diarrhea
FCM
estrogen
ketosis
9. _____ 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
somatic
DHI
energy
anaplazmosis
10. The spores from the fatal disease _____ can live in the soil for more than 60 years
scours
polled
prolactin
anthrax
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
hairy foot warts
hardware disease
BHVI (bovine herpes)
cycle
12. _____ is the circumference of the body just back of the shoulders of an animal; used to estimate body weight
barrel heart girth
red water
energy
mange
13. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn
tuburculosis
101.5
rotary
bovine diarrhea
14. Four of the leading states in milk production are _____ - _____ - _____ and _____
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
Wisconsin
Jersey
_____ _____ nitrogen
15. Four of the leading states in milk production are _____ - _____ - _____ and _____
anthrax
land grant act
1890
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
16. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon
foot rot
heel fly
milk production / udders / dairiness
babcock
17. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows
Wisconsin
freemartin
tuburculosis
1890
18. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____
red/mahogany
1890
calcium gluconate
oxytocin
19. _____ are molds that develop on feed that produce toxins
aflatoxin
land grant act
Wisconsin
pink eye
20. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs
freemartin
DHI
heel fly
_____ _____ nitrogen
21. _____ is a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy
cryptospondiosis
dairy cow unified scorecard
lice
challenge
22. Milking cows are usually milked _____ days and dried up _____ days before the next lactation
305 50-60
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
4
prolactin
23. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US
67 -914
9.2 million
bovine diarrhea
scours
24. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown
babcock
epinephrine
dry
flat worm - liverflukes
25. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle
Guernsey
dry
AI
vibriosis
26. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell
pink eye
300-500
roundworm
pulsator
27. The dairy breed with a golden yellow color to its milk is _____
x disease
cycle
barrel heart girth
Guernsey
28. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow
milk production / udders / dairiness
bovine diarrhea
calcium gluconate
polled
29. _____ is the circumference of the body just back of the shoulders of an animal; used to estimate body weight
_____
freemartin
bovine diarrhea
barrel heart girth
30. _____ is also known as red nose
FCM
certified semen services
BHVI (bovine herpes)
malignant edema
31. _____ is also known as red nose
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
challenge
goiter
BHVI (bovine herpes)
32. _____ should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tympany
9.2 million
red water
trocar
energy
33. _____ is the rolling herd average for US dairy herds
DHI
400
93 (?)
bovine diarrhea
34. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis
somatic
hairy foot warts
67 -914
displaced abomasum
35. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation
TPI (type production index)
calcium gluconate
bovine diarrhea
correlation
36. _____ is also known as barn itch
oxytocin
milking shorthorn
mange
red water
37. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____
300-500
predicting transmitting ability type
red/mahogany
foot rot
38. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development
93 (?)
1890
estrogen
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
39. _____ is the common name for nematodes
mad cow
anthometics
roundworm
hardware disease
40. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell
93 (?)
1890
ME (mature equivalent)
pulsator
41. _____ is called parturient paresis
epinephrine
milk fever
rotary
claw
42. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____
ME (mature equivalent)
Brown Swiss/Holstein
anthometics
aflatoxin
43. _____ is caused by the heel fly
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
DHI
predicting transmitting ability type
BHVI (bovine herpes)
44. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet
milk fever
grass tetany
milk production / udders / dairiness
DIP (degraded intake protein)
45. The mammary system of a cow is divided into _____ independent parts
hairy foot warts
barrel heart girth
9.2 million
4
46. The Holstein Association uses _____ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
oxytocin
TPI (type production index)
BHVI (bovine herpes)
47. 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 _____
barrel heart girth
mad cow disease
correlation
anthrax
48. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis
anaplazmosis
correlation
DHI
lumpy jaw
49. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____
correlation
predicting transmitting ability type
dry
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
50. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*
vesicular stomatitis
grass tetany
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
cattle grubs & hypodermosis