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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation






2. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






3. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows






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






5. _____ 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






6. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






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






9. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






10. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






12. _____ is the most commonly used test for diagnosis of leptospirosis in cattle






13. _____ is also known as red nose






14. _____ is also called gas gangrene






15. _____ causes undulant fever in people






16. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






17. _____ is also known as barn itch






18. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






19. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






21. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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






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






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






25. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






28. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow






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






30. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






31. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






33. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn






34. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






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






37. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






38. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






39. _____ 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






40. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






42. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






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






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






46. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation






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






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






49. _____ 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






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