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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. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






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






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






5. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






7. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____






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






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






10. _____ 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






11. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






13. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






14. CSS stands for _____






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






16. _____ is an example of a trematode






17. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






18. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






20. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






21. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






23. _____ is also known as red nose






24. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






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






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






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






30. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






32. _____ is also known as syndactylism






33. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






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






36. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






37. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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






39. _____ is called parturient paresis






40. _____ means diarrhea






41. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____






42. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






44. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






45. _____ is also called gas gangrene






46. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






47. _____ is a zoonotic disorder that affects as many as 90% of dairy farms by this parasitic organism






48. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






49. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






50. _____ are wingless - flattened insects