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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 an example of a trematode






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






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






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






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






6. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






8. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






9. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






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






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






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






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






15. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






16. _____ means diarrhea






17. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






18. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






19. _____ is also called gas gangrene






20. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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






22. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






23. _____ is called parturient paresis






24. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






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






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






28. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






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






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






32. _____ 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






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






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






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






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






37. _____ 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






38. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






41. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






42. _____ 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






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






44. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






45. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






48. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






50. _____ causes undulant fever in people