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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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1. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____
TPI (type production index)
Brown Swiss/Holstein
ketosis
nutritional _____
2. _____ 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
freemartin
nutritional _____
mature equivalent (ME)
TPI (type production index)
3. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____
Wisconsin
dry
oxytocin
alveoli
4. _____ is a fatal protozoan disesase of cattle that destroys the red blood cells - causing anemia and death
displaced abomasum
anaplazmosis
1890
mange
5. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development
Guernsey
estrogen
400
milking shorthorn
6. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*
aflatoxin
bovine diarrhea
_____
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
7. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle
Guernsey
BHVI (bovine herpes)
_____ _____ nitrogen
AI
8. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland
displaced abomasum
somatic
scours
lumpy jaw
9. _____ are wingless - flattened insects
Guernsey
67 -914
mature equivalent (ME)
lice
10. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis
oxytocin
tuburculosis
anthometics
DHI
11. _____ is the world's record per cow for annual milk yield (in pounds)
Wisconsin
rotary
67 -914
dairy cow unified scorecard
12. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____
ketosis
body condition score
Guernsey
certified semen services
13. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown
Israel
mad cow
oxytocin
FCM
14. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
mad cow
300-500
mature equivalent (ME)
bloat
15. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US
305 50-60
babcock
300-500
9.2 million
16. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____
correlation
somatic
predicting transmitting ability type
somatic
17. The hormone _____ stimulates an increase of up to 20% more milk with only 5% more feed
BST
Brown Swiss
correlation
red/mahogany
18. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____
lumpy jaw
energy
Brown Swiss/Holstein
energy
19. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs
mad cow disease
9.2 million
red water
heel fly
20. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk
California
300-500
foot rot
estrogen
21. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows
pulsator
claw
Wisconsin
heel fly
22. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle
anthometics
rotary
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
_____ _____ nitrogen
23. _____ is the world's record per cow for annual milk yield (in pounds)
BHVI (bovine herpes)
67 -914
_____
93 (?)
24. _____ 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
hardware disease
93 (?)
grass tetany
25. 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 _____
_____ _____ nitrogen
milk fever
correlation
anthometics
26. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows
lumpy jaw
1890
ME (mature equivalent)
bovine diarrhea
27. _____ is the common name for nematodes
anaplazmosis
roundworm
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
pink eye
28. _____ is adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis
ketosis
FCM
DHI
mule foot
29. Anothe rname for BSE is _____
pulsator
mad cow disease
claw
somatic
30. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____
FCM
type
Israel
ketosis
31. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever
calcium gluconate
dry
certified semen services
lumpy jaw
32. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
epinephrine
milk fever
mule foot
pink eye
33. CSS stands for _____
milking shorthorn
red/mahogany
certified semen services
ME (mature equivalent)
34. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____
aflatoxin
foot rot
Brown Swiss/Holstein
Brown Swiss
35. _____ means naturally hornless
correlation
anaplazmosis
polled
barrel heart girth
36. 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 _____
305 50-60
4
bovine diarrhea
correlation
37. _____ is also called illawara
goiter
milking shorthorn
hardware disease
type
38. _____ is an infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull
freemartin
alveoli
heel fly
16
39. The dairy breed with a golden yellow color to its milk is _____
grass tetany
Guernsey
anthometics
hardware disease
40. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____
rotary
red/mahogany
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
grass tetany
41. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell
4
pulsator
300-500
_____ _____ nitrogen
42. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
mad cow disease
prolactin
estrogen
43. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation
ME (mature equivalent)
1890
bovine diarrhea
somatic
44. The _____ is used by all dairy breed associations as the standard for judging and classifying cattle
dairy cow unified scorecard
epinephrine
goiter
prolactane
45. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____
pulsator
Brown Swiss
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
400
46. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____
300-500
Jersey
nutritional _____
displaced abomasum
47. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion
microscopic e test
prolactane
tuburculosis
anaplazmosis
48. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk
300-500
mad cow
freemartin
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
49. _____ is also known as red nose
somatic
anthrax
BST
BHVI (bovine herpes)
50. _____ is also known as syndactylism
predicting transmitting ability type
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
mule foot