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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 the circumference of the body just back of the shoulders of an animal; used to estimate body weight






2. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






3. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet






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






5. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






7. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






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






12. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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






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






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






16. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






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






19. _____ is a disease characterized by pneumonia or septicemia. the highest incidence occurs in aimals subjected to stress






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






21. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






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






24. _____ is also known as barn itch






25. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






27. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






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






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






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






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






33. CSS stands for _____






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






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






36. _____ is caused by the heel fly






37. Four of the leading states in milk production are _____ - _____ - _____ and _____






38. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






39. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






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






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






44. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






46. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






48. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






49. _____ is also known as red nose






50. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany