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






2. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






3. The mammary system of a cow is divided into _____ independent parts






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






5. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk






6. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






7. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






8. _____ is the most commonly used test for diagnosis of leptospirosis in cattle






9. _____ is also known as acetonemia






10. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






11. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






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






14. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn






15. _____ 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






16. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






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






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






20. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






21. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






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






25. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






26. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows






27. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






28. _____ is the most commonly used test for diagnosis of leptospirosis in cattle






29. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






31. _____ 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






32. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






34. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






36. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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






38. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






39. The mammary system of a cow is divided into _____ independent parts






40. 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 _____






41. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






43. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






45. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






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






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






49. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






50. _____ 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