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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 _____ stimulates milk letdown






2. _____ is also known as red nose






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






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






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






6. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






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






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






10. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






11. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






12. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland






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






14. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






16. _____ is also known as syndactylism






17. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






19. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






21. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






22. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






24. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






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






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






29. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






30. _____ is the common name for nematodes






31. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






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






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






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






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






37. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






38. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






39. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






40. _____ is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet






41. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






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






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






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






47. _____ is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet






48. _____ is called parturient paresis






49. _____ means naturally hornless






50. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving