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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. The hormone _____ stimulates an increase of up to 20% more milk with only 5% more feed






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






3. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






4. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____






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






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






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






8. _____ is called parturient paresis






9. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






10. _____ 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






11. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






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






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






16. _____ means diarrhea






17. _____ 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






18. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






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






21. 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 _____






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






30. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






31. CSS stands for _____






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






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






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






35. _____ is also known as barn itch






36. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






37. _____ is the common name for nematodes






38. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






40. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






41. CSS stands for _____






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






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






44. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






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






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






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






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






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