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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Intake crude protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen is called _____






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






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






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






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






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






7. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






8. _____ is also known as syndactylism






9. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






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






12. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






13. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






14. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn






15. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






16. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






17. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






19. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






21. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






22. _____ is also called illawara






23. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






25. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






27. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






28. _____ means diarrhea






29. _____ is the most commonly used test for diagnosis of leptospirosis in cattle






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






31. The spores from the fatal disease _____ can live in the soil for more than 60 years






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






33. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






35. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






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






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






38. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






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






41. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






42. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






43. _____ means naturally hornless






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






45. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






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






48. _____ is caused by the heel fly






49. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






50. _____ 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