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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 viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease






2. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






3. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






4. _____ 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






16. _____ 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






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






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






19. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






21. _____ 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






22. 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 _____






23. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






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






27. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






28. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






29. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






32. _____ causes undulant fever in people






33. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






34. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






37. _____ is an example of a trematode






38. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






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






41. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






42. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






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






46. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






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






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