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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. The _____ is used by all dairy breed associations as the standard for judging and classifying cattle
DHI
9.2 million
dairy cow unified scorecard
101.5
2. _____ is an infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull
Brown Swiss/Holstein
freemartin
flat worm - liverflukes
BST
3. _____ 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
ME (mature equivalent)
mature equivalent (ME)
DHI
bloat
4. _____ means naturally hornless
grass tetany
polled
microscopic e test
ME (mature equivalent)
5. _____ is also known as red nose
BHVI (bovine herpes)
DIP (degraded intake protein)
hairy foot warts
DHI
6. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____
milk production / udders / dairiness
hardware disease
101.5
Jersey
7. _____ is an infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull
freemartin
energy
polled
displaced abomasum
8. MUN is an abbreviation for _____
oxytocin
freemartin
displaced abomasum
_____ _____ nitrogen
9. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows
scours
Wisconsin
ketosis
red/mahogany
10. 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 _____
correlation
305 50-60
Brown Swiss/Holstein
land grant act
11. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____
estrogen
BST
_____ _____ nitrogen
displaced abomasum
12. _____ is the most commonly used test for diagnosis of leptospirosis in cattle
microscopic e test
mad cow
displaced abomasum
epinephrine
13. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____
California
Brown Swiss/Holstein
certified semen services
Johne's
14. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____
mature equivalent (ME)
Jersey
cryptospondiosis
mule foot
15. _____ is a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy
challenge
vibriosis
malignant edema
predicting transmitting ability type
16. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown
epinephrine
challenge
mad cow
pink eye
17. _____ is a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy
Guernsey
pulsator
ketosis
challenge
18. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet
bloat
grass tetany
305 50-60
estrogen
19. _____ are molds that develop on feed that produce toxins
aflatoxin
ketosis
_____ _____ nitrogen
energy
20. The disorder _____ is prevented by the use of DCADs
_____ _____ nitrogen
milk fever
bovine diarrhea
101.5
21. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany
mule foot
bloat
anthrax
predicting transmitting ability type
22. MUN is an abbreviation for _____
milk production / udders / dairiness
California
DHI
_____ _____ nitrogen
23. _____ is the world's record per cow for annual milk yield (in pounds)
67 -914
milking shorthorn
alveoli
freemartin
24. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown
dairy cow unified scorecard
epinephrine
claw
ketosis
25. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
type
lumpy jaw
TPI (type production index)
26. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*
anaplazmosis
dry
TPI (type production index)
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
27. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon
foot rot
milk production / udders / dairiness
correlation
1890
28. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs
bovine diarrhea
67 -914
heel fly
scours
29. Milking cows are usually milked _____ days and dried up _____ days before the next lactation
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
305 50-60
mad cow disease
ketosis
30. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____
pink eye
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
mule foot
displaced abomasum
31. _____ is the state that produces the most milk (total pounds)
mule foot
heel fly
California
mad cow
32. _____ are wingless - flattened insects
101.5
lice
land grant act
certified semen services
33. _____ means diarrhea
mange
scours
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
tuburculosis
34. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____
ketosis
ME (mature equivalent)
polled
estrogen
35. _____ is the common name for nematodes
mad cow disease
roundworm
mad cow disease
goiter
36. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis
vibriosis
malignant edema
anthometics
Johne's
37. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____
pulsator
67 -914
tuburculosis
prolactin
38. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn
milk production / udders / dairiness
goiter
rotary
tuburculosis
39. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis
vibriosis
x disease
malignant edema
scours
40. Established colleges of agrculture in each state are called _____
epinephrine
land grant act
microscopic e test
4
41. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk
mature equivalent (ME)
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
x disease
300-500
42. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow
Guernsey
milk production / udders / dairiness
anaplazmosis
x disease
43. CSS stands for _____
tuburculosis
certified semen services
_____ _____ nitrogen
Jersey
44. _____ is a fatal protozoan disesase of cattle that destroys the red blood cells - causing anemia and death
AI
anaplazmosis
305 50-60
rotary
45. _____ is the rolling herd average for US dairy herds
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
93 (?)
anthometics
prolactin
46. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis
tuburculosis
x disease
93 (?)
Johne's
47. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving
ketosis
cycle
400
vibriosis
48. _____ is also known as syndactylism
scours
mule foot
calcium gluconate
FCM
49. _____ 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
DHI
cycle
mad cow
mature equivalent (ME)
50. _____ is also known as barn itch
trocar
mange
land grant act
polled