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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






2. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






3. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






5. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






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






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






9. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






11. _____ is the most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield






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






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






14. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






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






17. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






19. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






20. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis


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






22. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






24. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






25. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






26. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






27. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






28. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






29. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






30. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






32. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






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






35. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






36. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






37. _____ is also called illawara






38. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland






39. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. _____ 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






48. 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 _____






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






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