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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is the most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield






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






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






4. _____ means diarrhea






5. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






7. _____ 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






8. _____ is adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis






9. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






10. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






11. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






12. _____ is also known as syndactylism






13. _____ is called parturient paresis






14. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






17. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






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






20. _____ is adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis






21. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






22. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






23. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






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






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






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






28. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






29. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






30. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






31. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






33. _____ is also known as red nose






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






35. _____ means naturally hornless






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






37. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






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






40. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






41. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






42. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






45. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






46. _____ 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






47. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






49. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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