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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Milking cows are usually milked _____ days and dried up _____ days before the next lactation






2. _____ is called parturient paresis






3. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






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






6. _____ is caused by the heel fly






7. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






8. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






9. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






10. _____ is called parturient paresis






11. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






12. _____ 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






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






14. _____ is also known as acetonemia






15. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






16. _____ causes undulant fever in people






17. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






19. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






20. _____ 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






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






22. _____ is the state with the largest number of dairy cows






23. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






24. 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 _____






25. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






26. _____ is adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis






27. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






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






31. _____ is the number of dairy cows in the US






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






33. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






34. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






36. _____ means naturally hornless






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






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






39. _____ 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






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






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






42. Established colleges of agrculture in each state are called _____






43. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






45. _____ is also called gas gangrene






46. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






47. _____ is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis

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






49. CSS stands for _____






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