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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet






2. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






3. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






5. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






7. The dairy breed with a golden yellow color to its milk is _____






8. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






9. _____ is also known as red nose






10. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






12. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






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






16. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






18. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






20. _____ 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






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






22. _____ 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






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






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






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






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






27. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






28. _____ is called parturient paresis






29. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






30. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






32. _____ is also known as acetonemia






33. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






34. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






35. _____ 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






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






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






38. _____ causes undulant fever in people






39. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






40. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






41. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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






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






44. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow






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






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






47. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






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






50. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis