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Dairy Industry
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dairy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____
Jersey
foot rot
Brown Swiss/Holstein
energy
2. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
3. Milking cows are usually milked _____ days and dried up _____ days before the next lactation
9.2 million
prolactin
_____ _____ nitrogen
305 50-60
4. _____ is the world's record per cow for annual milk yield (in pounds)
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
67 -914
oxytocin
epinephrine
5. _____ is an infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull
rotary
400
land grant act
freemartin
6. _____ 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
microscopic e test
grass tetany
dairy cow unified scorecard
cycle
7. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____
_____ _____ nitrogen
prolactin
Guernsey
microscopic e test
8. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US
estrogen
ME (mature equivalent)
mature equivalent (ME)
9.2 million
9. _____ 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
milk production / udders / dairiness
AI
DHI
dry
10. _____ is called parturient paresis
milk fever
vesicular stomatitis
Israel
400
11. The dairy breed with a golden yellow color to its milk is _____
nutritional _____
Guernsey
milking shorthorn
lumpy jaw
12. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn
mad cow
vibriosis
Johne's
rotary
13. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland
microscopic e test
somatic
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
400
14. _____ is called parturient paresis
red/mahogany
101.5
milk fever
calcium gluconate
15. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon
ME (mature equivalent)
foot rot
305 50-60
400
16. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
polled
malignant edema
mad cow
malignant edema
17. _____ is a zoonotic disorder that affects as many as 90% of dairy farms by this parasitic organism
vibriosis
babcock
bersolis
cryptospondiosis
18. _____ means diarrhea
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
dry
microscopic e test
scours
19. _____ is a chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk lin e
milk fever
milk fever
claw
grass tetany
20. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal
trocar
Israel
_____
type
21. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____
DHI
milking shorthorn
ketosis
milk production / udders / dairiness
22. _____ is a zoonotic disorder that affects as many as 90% of dairy farms by this parasitic organism
anthrax
300-500
prolactin
cryptospondiosis
23. _____ is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation
polled
scours
body condition score
claw
24. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon
milk fever
foot rot
Brown Swiss/Holstein
red/mahogany
25. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows
roundworm
milking shorthorn
ME (mature equivalent)
milk fever
26. Anothe rname for BSE is _____
mule foot
mad cow disease
land grant act
4
27. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell
FCM
prolactane
x disease
pulsator
28. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis
bloat
vibriosis
prolactin
pulsator
29. _____ is the world's record per cow for annual milk yield (in pounds)
1890
_____ _____ nitrogen
67 -914
vibriosis
30. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk
300-500
bovine diarrhea
BST
correlation
31. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow
foot rot
milk production / udders / dairiness
milking shorthorn
energy
32. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
33. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet
predicting transmitting ability type
estrogen
grass tetany
babcock
34. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria
305 50-60
land grant act
bersolis
red water
35. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation
305 50-60
hairy foot warts
bovine diarrhea
ketosis
36. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US
nutritional _____
FCM
9.2 million
red water
37. MUN is an abbreviation for _____
_____ _____ nitrogen
anthometics
93 (?)
mad cow disease
38. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development
_____ _____ nitrogen
Jersey
flat worm - liverflukes
estrogen
39. _____ is an example of a trematode
roundworm
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
flat worm - liverflukes
somatic
40. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows
Wisconsin
oxytocin
_____
nutritional _____
41. _____ causes undulant fever in people
bersolis
polled
milk fever
barrel heart girth
42. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____
heel fly
grass tetany
BHVI (bovine herpes)
ketosis
43. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
calcium gluconate
displaced abomasum
red/mahogany
44. _____ is also known as syndactylism
mule foot
vibriosis
300-500
x disease
45. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk
heel fly
300-500
ME (mature equivalent)
milk production / udders / dairiness
46. _____ should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tympany
milk fever
trocar
mad cow
tuburculosis
47. An agent that destroys worms in the digestive tract is _____
anthometics
300-500
flat worm - liverflukes
estrogen
48. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development
anthrax
estrogen
aflatoxin
displaced abomasum
49. Four of the leading states in milk production are _____ - _____ - _____ and _____
dry
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
BST
50. The hormone _____ stimulates an increase of up to 20% more milk with only 5% more feed
milk production / udders / dairiness
certified semen services
BST
bovine diarrhea