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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation






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






3. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






4. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






5. _____ is called parturient paresis






6. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






8. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






10. _____ is also called gas gangrene






11. _____ is also called gas gangrene






12. _____ 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






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






14. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






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






18. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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






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






21. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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


23. 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 _____






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






25. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






26. _____ 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






27. _____ is also known as acetonemia






28. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






29. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






30. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






31. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






32. CSS stands for _____






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






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






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






36. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






38. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






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






41. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






45. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows






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






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






48. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






50. _____ means diarrhea