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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is a chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk lin e






2. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






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






5. _____ is also called illawara






6. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






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






9. _____ 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






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

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






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

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






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






15. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






16. _____ is also called gas gangrene






17. _____ is called parturient paresis






18. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






20. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






21. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






23. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






25. _____ means diarrhea






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






27. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






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






30. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






32. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow






33. 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 _____






34. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle






35. _____ means naturally hornless






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






37. _____ is the state that produces the most milk (total pounds)






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






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






40. _____ means naturally hornless






41. _____ is caused by the heel fly






42. _____ means diarrhea






43. _____ 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






44. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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






46. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






47. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






48. _____ is a fatal protozoan disesase of cattle that destroys the red blood cells - causing anemia and death






49. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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