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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

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






3. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






5. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






6. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






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






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






12. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






14. _____ 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






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






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






17. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






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






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






21. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






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






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






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

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






27. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






28. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






29. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






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






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






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






34. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






35. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






36. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






38. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






39. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






40. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






42. Intake crude protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen is called _____






43. _____ is also called illawara






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






45. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






49. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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