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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis


2. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






3. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






4. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






6. _____ 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






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






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






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






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






11. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






19. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






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






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






23. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






27. _____ is also called gas gangrene






28. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






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






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






34. _____ 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






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






36. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






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






39. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






41. CSS stands for _____






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






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






44. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






45. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






46. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






47. _____ is the common name for nematodes






48. _____ means naturally hornless






49. _____ is also known as acetonemia






50. MUN is an abbreviation for _____