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






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






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






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






6. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






8. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






9. _____ is the normal rectal temperature of a diary cow






10. _____ 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






11. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






12. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






14. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland






15. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






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






18. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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






20. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






21. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows






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






23. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






25. _____ means diarrhea






26. _____ 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






27. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






29. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






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






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






33. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






34. _____ is also known as syndactylism






35. CSS stands for _____






36. _____ is called parturient paresis






37. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






38. _____ is the normal rectal temperature of a diary cow






39. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






40. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






41. 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 _____






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






50. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon