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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tympany






2. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






3. _____ 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






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






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






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






7. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






8. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






10. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






12. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






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






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






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


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






18. 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 _____






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






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






21. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






22. _____ means diarrhea






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






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






25. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






26. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






27. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






30. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






32. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






34. _____ is a disease characterized by pneumonia or septicemia. the highest incidence occurs in aimals subjected to stress






35. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






37. _____ is a disease characterized by pneumonia or septicemia. the highest incidence occurs in aimals subjected to stress






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






39. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






40. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






41. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






44. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






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






47. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____






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






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






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