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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows






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






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






4. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






5. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






7. _____ is also known as syndactylism






8. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






9. _____ describes an animal that has a crooked hock - which causes the lower part of the leg to be bent forward out of a normal perpendicular straight line






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






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






12. _____ means diarrhea






13. _____ is the most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield






14. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






15. _____ is the common name for nematodes






16. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






18. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






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






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

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






23. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






24. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






25. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






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






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






30. _____ 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






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






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






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






34. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






35. _____ is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation






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






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






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






39. The disorder _____ is prevented by the use of DCADs






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






41. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






42. _____ 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






43. The period of nonlactation between two periods of lactation is called a _____ period






44. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






45. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






46. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






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






49. _____ is an infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull






50. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis