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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Holstein Association uses _____ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance






2. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






4. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






5. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






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






8. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






9. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






11. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






13. _____ 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






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






15. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






16. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






17. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk






18. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






20. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






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






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






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






25. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






26. _____ 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






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






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






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






30. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






31. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis

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






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






34. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






36. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






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






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






40. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






41. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






42. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






44. _____ is also known as red nose






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






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






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






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






49. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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