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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. _____ is also called illawara






2. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






3. _____ is an example of a trematode






4. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell






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






6. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






7. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






8. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






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






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






12. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






14. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






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






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






18. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






20. _____ is also known as barn itch






21. _____ is the rolling herd average for US dairy herds






22. _____ is also known as syndactylism






23. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






24. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






25. _____ means diarrhea






26. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation






27. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






29. _____ is a viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease






30. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






32. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






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






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






36. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell






37. _____ means naturally hornless






38. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






39. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






42. The optimum number of daylight hours for maximum milk yield is _____






43. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






45. _____ is the common name for nematodes






46. _____ 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






47. _____ 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






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






49. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






50. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal