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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. _____ means diarrhea






2. _____ is an example of a trematode






3. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






5. _____ 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






6. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






8. _____ is the common name for nematodes






9. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






10. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






11. _____ is also called gas gangrene






12. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






15. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






16. _____ means diarrhea






17. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






19. _____ 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






20. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






21. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






23. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






26. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






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






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






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






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






32. _____ is also known as syndactylism






33. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






35. _____ causes undulant fever in people






36. _____ are molds that develop on feed that produce toxins






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






38. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






40. _____ is also known as red nose






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






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






43. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






44. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






45. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






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






48. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






49. 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 _____






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