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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is also known as acetonemia






2. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






3. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






4. _____ 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






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






6. _____ means naturally hornless






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






8. _____ is the recommended breeding method for dairy cattle






9. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






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






12. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






14. _____ 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






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






16. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






17. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






19. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






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






22. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






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






26. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






27. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






29. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






31. _____ 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






32. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






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






35. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






37. _____ is also called illawara






38. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






39. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






40. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






42. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






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






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






46. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






47. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






50. _____ means naturally hornless