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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






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






4. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






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






7. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






9. _____ is also known as acetonemia






10. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






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






13. _____ 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






14. _____ 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






15. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






19. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






20. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






21. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






22. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






24. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






25. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






27. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






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






30. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






31. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






32. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






34. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






36. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






37. _____ is an example of a trematode






38. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






39. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






41. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






42. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






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






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






45. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






46. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






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






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






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