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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. _____ is also known as red nose






2. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






3. CSS stands for _____






4. _____ means diarrhea






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






6. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






8. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet






9. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






10. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






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






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






14. _____ 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






15. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






17. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






19. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






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






22. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






23. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






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






26. The tendency of two or more traits that vary in the same direction or in opposite directions due to common forces or influences is known as _____






27. _____ causes undulant fever in people






28. The spores from the fatal disease _____ can live in the soil for more than 60 years






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






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






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






32. _____ means naturally hornless






33. _____ is the common name for nematodes






34. _____ is also known as barn itch






35. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






36. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






37. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






38. _____ is also known as red nose






39. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






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






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






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






44. _____ 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






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






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






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






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






49. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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