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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 known as barn itch






2. _____ means naturally hornless






3. _____ is adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis






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






5. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






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






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






9. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






10. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






11. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






12. 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 _____






13. Four of the leading states in milk production are _____ - _____ - _____ and _____






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






15. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






17. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






18. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






20. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






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






23. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






25. 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 _____






26. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






28. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






29. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






30. _____ is caused by a deficiency of vitamin E or Se in dairy calves






31. _____ is called parturient paresis






32. _____ is also called gas gangrene






33. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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






35. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle






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






37. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






39. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






40. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






41. _____ means diarrhea






42. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






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






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






47. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






49. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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