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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. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






2. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






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






5. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






6. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






8. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






10. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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






12. _____ is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet






13. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*






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






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






16. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






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






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






20. _____ is the normal rectal temperature of a diary cow






21. _____ 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






22. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






23. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____






24. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






26. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____






27. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*






28. _____ is also called gas gangrene






29. _____ is also called gas gangrene






30. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






31. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






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






34. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






37. _____ 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






38. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






39. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






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






42. _____ is an infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull






43. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






45. _____ is caused by the heel fly






46. _____ is caused by a deficiency of vitamin E or Se in dairy calves






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






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






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






50. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____