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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy






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






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






4. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






5. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






6. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






7. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






8. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






9. _____ is the common name for nematodes






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






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






12. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____






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






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






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






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






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






18. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






19. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






20. _____ means naturally hornless






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






22. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






23. _____ 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






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






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






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






27. 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 _____






28. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






29. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






31. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






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

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






34. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






35. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






37. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






38. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






40. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






42. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






43. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






45. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






46. A count of _____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland






47. A metabolic disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation is _____






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






49. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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