Test your basic knowledge |

Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis






2. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






3. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






6. 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 _____






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






8. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






9. _____ is also called gas gangrene






10. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






13. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






15. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






16. _____ is the state that produces the most milk (total pounds)






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






18. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






19. _____ 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






20. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






21. _____ is the common name for nematodes






22. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






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






25. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






26. _____ is also known as red nose






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






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






29. _____ causes undulant fever in people






30. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






31. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






32. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






34. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






35. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






37. _____ 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






38. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






39. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*






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






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






42. _____ is also known as barn itch






43. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






45. _____ is an association that dairy farmers join to participate in its record-keeping and management plans and is operated jointly by the USDA and state college of agriculture of land grant universities






46. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






48. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






49. _____ is the common name for nematodes






50. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____