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






2. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






4. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






5. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






6. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






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






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






11. 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 _____






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






13. _____ means diarrhea






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






15. _____ causes undulant fever in people






16. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






18. _____ is called parturient paresis






19. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






21. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






22. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






23. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






24. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






25. _____ 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






26. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






27. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation






28. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






29. _____ 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






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






31. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






33. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






35. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






36. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






37. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






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






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






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






43. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows






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






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






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






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






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






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






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