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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






2. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






3. _____ is also called illawara






4. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






5. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






7. _____ parts blood must pass through the udder to produce one part milk






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






9. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






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






12. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






14. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






16. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






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






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






20. _____ is also known as barn itch






21. _____ is caused by the heel fly






22. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






23. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






24. _____ 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






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






26. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






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






28. _____ 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






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

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






31. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






32. _____ is also called illawara






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






34. _____ 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






35. _____ means naturally hornless






36. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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






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






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






40. _____ is also called gas gangrene






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






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






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






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






45. _____ should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tympany






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






47. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






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






49. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






50. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____