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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. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






2. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






4. _____ 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






5. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. _____ 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






14. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






16. CSS stands for _____






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






18. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






19. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






20. _____ is the rolling herd average for US dairy herds






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






22. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






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






25. _____ is also called gas gangrene






26. Intake crude protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen is called _____






27. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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






29. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






30. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






31. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






33. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






35. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






37. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






39. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






41. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






43. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






44. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






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






47. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






48. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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