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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, 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 spores from the fatal disease _____ can live in the soil for more than 60 years






2. _____ is the most commonly used test for diagnosis of leptospirosis in cattle






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






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






5. _____ is the common name for nematodes






6. _____ means naturally hornless






7. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis


8. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






9. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






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






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






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






14. _____ causes undulant fever in people






15. _____ is a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy






16. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






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






19. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






20. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






22. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






23. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






24. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






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






27. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






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






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






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






33. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






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






39. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






41. _____ 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






42. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






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






45. _____ is caused by a deficiency of vitamin E or Se in dairy calves






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






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






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






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






50. _____ is also known as acetonemia