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






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






3. _____ is also called illawara






4. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






5. _____ is caused by the heel fly






6. 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 _____






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






8. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






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






11. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






12. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






13. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






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






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






17. _____ is also called gas gangrene






18. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






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






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






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






23. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






24. _____ is also known as acetonemia






25. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






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






28. _____ means diarrhea






29. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






31. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






32. _____ is called parturient paresis






33. _____ means diarrhea






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






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






36. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






38. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






40. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






41. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






43. _____ is also known as red nose






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






45. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






46. CSS stands for _____






47. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






48. _____ 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






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






50. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion