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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 also called illawara






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






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






4. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






6. _____ 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






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






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






9. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






10. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






11. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






12. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






13. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






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






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






17. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






20. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






22. _____ is also known as barn itch






23. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






24. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






25. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






27. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






28. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






30. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






32. _____ is also known as red nose






33. _____ 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






34. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






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






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






38. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






40. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






41. CSS stands for _____






42. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






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






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






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






48. _____ is also called illawara






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






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