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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 the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






3. _____ is the nation with the highest-producing dairy cows






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






5. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






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






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






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






10. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






13. _____ causes undulant fever in people






14. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____






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






16. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






17. _____ causes undulant fever in people






18. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






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






21. _____ is the common name for nematodes






22. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






24. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






25. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






28. _____ is also known as barn itch






29. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






30. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






31. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






32. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






34. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






35. _____ is also known as barn itch






36. _____ is caused by the heel fly






37. _____ means diarrhea






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






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






40. _____ is also called illawara






41. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






43. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






44. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






45. _____ is also known as acetonemia






46. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






47. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






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






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