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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 rolling herd average for US dairy herds






2. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






3. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






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






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






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






8. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






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






11. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






12. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






14. _____ is a test for determination of BF% in milk






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






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






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






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






19. _____ is an example of a trematode






20. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






30. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






31. _____ 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






32. _____ means naturally hornless






33. CSS stands for _____






34. _____ is also known as syndactylism






35. _____ 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






44. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






45. _____ 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






46. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






47. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






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






50. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis