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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. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






2. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






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






5. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






6. _____ is also called illawara






7. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






8. _____ 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






9. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






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






12. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






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






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






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






17. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






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






20. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






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






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






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






25. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






27. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






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






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






31. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






33. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle






34. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






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






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






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






39. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






40. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






41. _____ is also known as syndactylism






42. _____ 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






43. _____ is also known as acetonemia






44. _____ is also called illawara






45. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






47. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






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