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Dairy Industry
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell
epinephrine
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
predicting transmitting ability type
pulsator
2. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn
Johne's
rotary
hardware disease
vesicular stomatitis
3. _____ 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
16
mature equivalent (ME)
4
bersolis
4. _____ is caused by the heel fly
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
Brown Swiss
ketosis
babcock
5. _____ is also known as barn itch
mange
polled
cryptospondiosis
BST
6. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____
calcium gluconate
predicting transmitting ability type
DIP (degraded intake protein)
alveoli
7. _____ is the state that produces the most milk (total pounds)
anaplazmosis
California
energy
heel fly
8. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis
101.5
hardware disease
4
lumpy jaw
9. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows
certified semen services
mad cow
ME (mature equivalent)
tuburculosis
10. _____ is the circumference of the body just back of the shoulders of an animal; used to estimate body weight
305 50-60
barrel heart girth
calcium gluconate
bersolis
11. The hormone _____ stimulates an increase of up to 20% more milk with only 5% more feed
bovine diarrhea
BST
_____ _____ nitrogen
body condition score
12. _____ is also known as red nose
BHVI (bovine herpes)
DIP (degraded intake protein)
red water
somatic
13. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk
Guernsey
challenge
300-500
mange
14. The mammary system of a cow is divided into _____ independent parts
a) frame = 15% b) dairy character = 20% c) body capacity = 10% d) feet and legs = 15% e) udders = 40%
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
aflatoxin
4
15. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
pink eye
milk fever
tuburculosis
Wisconsin
16. _____ is called parturient paresis
DIP (degraded intake protein)
milk fever
estrogen
epinephrine
17. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown
dry
correlation
oxytocin
flat worm - liverflukes
18. The spores from the fatal disease _____ can live in the soil for more than 60 years
barrel heart girth
vesicular stomatitis
trocar
anthrax
19. _____ is the common name for nematodes
vesicular stomatitis
roundworm
mature equivalent (ME)
goiter
20. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____
alveoli
Brown Swiss/Holstein
predicting transmitting ability type
milking shorthorn
21. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed
BHVI (bovine herpes)
1890
red/mahogany
Wisconsin
22. Four of the leading states in milk production are _____ - _____ - _____ and _____
vesicular stomatitis
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
TPI (type production index)
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
23. _____ is a zoonotic disorder that affects as many as 90% of dairy farms by this parasitic organism
alveoli
lumpy jaw
x disease
cryptospondiosis
24. _____ is the common name for nematodes
flat worm - liverflukes
milk fever
roundworm
milk fever
25. _____ is the nation with the highest-producing dairy cows
bloat
Israel
sarcoptic - saroptic mange
_____
26. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
scours
barrel heart girth
mad cow
aflatoxin
27. Milking cows are usually milked _____ days and dried up _____ days before the next lactation
305 50-60
Johne's
dairy cow unified scorecard
dairy cow unified scorecard
28. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell
pulsator
ME (mature equivalent)
dry
displaced abomasum
29. _____ is also known as red nose
BHVI (bovine herpes)
ME (mature equivalent)
nutritional _____
roundworm
30. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows
freemartin
FCM
energy
ME (mature equivalent)
31. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
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32. _____ means naturally hornless
polled
mad cow disease
mature equivalent (ME)
AI
33. The dairy breed with the highes fat percentage is _____
barrel heart girth
Jersey
AI
DHI
34. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis
grass tetany
babcock
x disease
California
35. _____ is the nation with the highest-producing dairy cows
Israel
California
California
bovine diarrhea
36. _____ 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
mule foot
California - Arizona - Washington - Colorado
pulsator
cycle
37. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet
lice
DHI
DHI
grass tetany
38. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____
anthrax
correlation
93 (?)
displaced abomasum
39. _____ is also known as barn itch
mange
vibriosis
barrel heart girth
_____
40. 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 _____
land grant act
correlation
Johne's
ketosis
41. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis
rotary
babcock
energy
tuburculosis
42. _____ is a chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk lin e
claw
_____
aflatoxin
challenge
43. _____ is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation
milk fever
red water
body condition score
Brown Swiss/Holstein
44. _____ is also called illawara
Guernsey
bovine diarrhea
Brown Swiss/Holstein
milking shorthorn
45. _____ is a test for determination of BF% in milk
babcock
land grant act
cattle grubs & hypodermosis
body condition score
46. _____ is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet
energy
babcock
goiter
flat worm - liverflukes
47. _____ 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
anthrax
DHI
red water
Israel
48. _____ is the most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield
anaplazmosis
energy
bloat
heel fly
49. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US
101.5
Johne's
9.2 million
ketosis
50. The period of nonlactation between two periods of lactation is called a _____ period
9.2 million
dry
calcium gluconate
milk fever