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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow






2. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






3. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






4. 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 _____






5. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






7. _____ is also known as red nose






8. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






9. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






10. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






11. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






12. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






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






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






15. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






16. _____ 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






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






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






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






20. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






21. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






22. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






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






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






26. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






28. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






29. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






30. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






32. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






33. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






34. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






35. _____ means naturally hornless






36. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






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






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






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






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






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

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42. _____ causes undulant fever in people






43. _____ is another name for a cousel-type milk barn






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






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






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






47. _____ is caused by the heel fly






48. 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 _____






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






50. _____ 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