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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is themechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell






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






3. _____ 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






4. _____ is caused by the heel fly






5. _____ is also known as barn itch






6. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






8. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






9. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows






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






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






12. _____ is also known as red nose






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






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






15. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






16. _____ is called parturient paresis






17. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






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






19. _____ is the common name for nematodes






20. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






21. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






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






24. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






26. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






29. _____ is also known as red nose






30. _____ are age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yield with that of more mature cows






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

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32. _____ means naturally hornless






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






34. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






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






38. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






39. _____ is also known as barn itch






40. 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 _____






41. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






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






44. _____ is also called illawara






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






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






47. _____ 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






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






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






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