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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






3. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






4. CSS stands for _____






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






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






7. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






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






10. _____ is also known as syndactylism






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






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






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






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






15. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






17. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






18. _____ is caused by the heel fly






19. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






20. CSS stands for _____






21. _____ 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






22. _____ is also known as red nose






23. _____ is the most important type trait in a diary cow






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






25. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






26. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






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






29. _____ is the physical conformation of an animal






30. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






31. _____ is also called illawara






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






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






34. _____ is called parturient paresis






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






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






37. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






38. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






39. The primary milk secretion hormone is _____






40. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






41. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






43. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






44. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






46. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






47. _____ causes undulant fever in people






48. _____ means diarrhea






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






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