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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is a zoonotic disorder that affects as many as 90% of dairy farms by this parasitic organism






2. _____ is called parturient paresis






3. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






4. _____ 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






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






6. _____ causes undulant fever in people






7. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






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






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






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






13. _____ means diarrhea






14. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






16. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






18. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






20. _____ 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






21. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






22. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






23. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






24. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






25. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






26. 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 _____






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






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






29. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






30. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






31. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






32. Established colleges of agrculture in each state are called _____






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






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






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






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






37. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____






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






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






40. CSS stands for _____






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






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






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






44. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






45. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






47. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






49. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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