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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. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






4. _____ causes undulant fever in people






5. CSS stands for _____






6. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






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

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9. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






10. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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






12. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






14. _____ is also known as acetonemia






15. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






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






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






19. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






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






22. 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 _____






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






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






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






26. _____ means diarrhea






27. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






28. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






29. _____ is the normal rectal temperature of a diary cow






30. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






31. _____ is the normal rectal temperature of a diary cow






32. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






34. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






35. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






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






39. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






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






42. _____ means naturally hornless






43. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






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






47. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






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






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