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Dairy Industry
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dairy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland
grass tetany
_____
somatic
estrogen
2. _____ is also known as syndactylism
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
mule foot
16
mad cow disease
3. Established colleges of agrculture in each state are called _____
land grant act
Brown Swiss
polled
anthometics
4. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____
Johne's
Brown Swiss/Holstein
Brown Swiss
alveoli
5. The Holstein Association uses _____ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance
TPI (type production index)
milk fever
flat worm - liverflukes
dairy cow unified scorecard
6. _____ are molds that develop on feed that produce toxins
claw
aflatoxin
mule foot
barrel heart girth
7. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet
grass tetany
dairy cow unified scorecard
malignant edema
Johne's
8. _____ is the rolling herd average for US dairy herds
anaplazmosis
Brown Swiss
BST
93 (?)
9. _____ is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation
body condition score
Johne's
cryptospondiosis
alveoli
10. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland
anaplazmosis
BHVI (bovine herpes)
type
somatic
11. _____ is the world's record per cow for annual milk yield (in pounds)
cycle
vibriosis
energy
67 -914
12. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____
red/mahogany
heel fly
AI
tuburculosis
13. _____ is also known as barn itch
pink eye
cryptospondiosis
mange
milk fever
14. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis
hardware disease
mange
pulsator
4
15. The mammary system of a cow is divided into _____ independent parts
flat worm - liverflukes
ME (mature equivalent)
4
nutritional _____
16. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____
Johne's
BHVI (bovine herpes)
Brown Swiss
calcium gluconate
17. The period of nonlactation between two periods of lactation is called a _____ period
4
FCM
estrogen
dry
18. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis
claw
x disease
ME (mature equivalent)
babcock
19. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____
101.5
mange
predicting transmitting ability type
lumpy jaw
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
lice
land grant act
DHI
BST
21. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell
ketosis
roundworm
scours
pulsator
22. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis
bersolis
red water
hairy foot warts
estrogen
23. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US
9.2 million
93 (?)
bersolis
freemartin
24. _____ are molds that develop on feed that produce toxins
hardware disease
aflatoxin
cryptospondiosis
Israel
25. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____
prolactin
mange
FCM
101.5
26. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows
Johne's
ME (mature equivalent)
babcock
milk production / udders / dairiness
27. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*
pink eye
Brown Swiss/Holstein
anaplazmosis
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
28. The _____ is used by all dairy breed associations as the standard for judging and classifying cattle
Brown Swiss
trocar
dairy cow unified scorecard
anthrax
29. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation
bovine diarrhea
pulsator
milk production / udders / dairiness
_____
30. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US
9.2 million
_____
BST
dairy cow unified scorecard
31. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn
rotary
mad cow disease
displaced abomasum
mule foot
32. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon
claw
foot rot
cryptospondiosis
heel fly
33. _____ 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
Johne's
California
67 -914
mature equivalent (ME)
34. _____ is called parturient paresis
grass tetany
milk fever
calcium gluconate
ketosis
35. _____ is an infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull
estrogen
freemartin
16
polled
36. _____ is also called gas gangrene
mange
malignant edema
Brown Swiss/Holstein
vesicular stomatitis
37. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle
hairy foot warts
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
milk production / udders / dairiness
cryptospondiosis
38. 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 _____
lice
ketosis
correlation
mature equivalent (ME)
39. Four of the leading states in milk production are _____ - _____ - _____ and _____
milk production / udders / dairiness
red/mahogany
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
ketosis
40. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development
hardware disease
predicting transmitting ability type
estrogen
freemartin
41. _____ causes undulant fever in people
milking shorthorn
rotary
milk fever
bersolis
42. The Holstein Association uses _____ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance
dairy cow unified scorecard
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
TPI (type production index)
_____ _____ nitrogen
43. _____ is an example of a trematode
mange
trocar
milk fever
flat worm - liverflukes
44. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown
pulsator
anthometics
oxytocin
Brown Swiss
45. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____
grass tetany
roundworm
Jersey
pulsator
46. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal
cryptospondiosis
trocar
microscopic e test
type
47. _____ is also called gas gangrene
malignant edema
calcium gluconate
400
milk production / udders / dairiness
48. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany
microscopic e test
bloat
correlation
aflatoxin
49. _____ is also known as acetonemia
ketosis
rotary
pink eye
1890
50. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis
roundworm
tuburculosis
goiter
cycle