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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






3. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






4. CSS stands for _____






5. The _____ is used by all dairy breed associations as the standard for judging and classifying cattle






6. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






8. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






9. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






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






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






13. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






15. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






17. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






19. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






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






22. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






24. 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 _____






25. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






26. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






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






29. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






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






32. _____ 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






33. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






34. CSS stands for _____






35. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






36. The optimum number of daylight hours for maximum milk yield is _____






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






38. The Holstein Association uses _____ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance






39. _____ is also called illawara






40. _____ is also known as acetonemia






41. _____ 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






42. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US






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






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






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

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46. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






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






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






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






50. _____ causes undulant fever in people