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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 caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet






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






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






4. _____ is a test for determination of BF% in milk






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






6. _____ is also known as red nose






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






8. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






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






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






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






13. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






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






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






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






18. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






20. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






21. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






23. 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 _____






24. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






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






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






29. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






30. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






31. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






32. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






33. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






34. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






35. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell






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






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. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






40. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






41. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






42. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






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






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






47. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






49. _____ is an example of a trematode






50. _____ is also known as syndactylism