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






2. Cows are usually rebred at _____ days after calving






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


4. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






5. _____ is a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy






6. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






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






8. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






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






11. _____ is also called illawara






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






13. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






14. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






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






17. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






18. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






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






20. _____ causes undulant fever in people






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






22. The main points of a diary cow and their respective points (in judging) are *hint....there are 5*






23. CSS stands for _____






24. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






26. 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 _____






27. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






28. 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 _____






29. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






30. _____ is a disease characterized by pneumonia or septicemia. the highest incidence occurs in aimals subjected to stress






31. _____ 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






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






33. _____ is a cuase of cattle grubs






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






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






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






37. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






38. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






40. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






41. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






43. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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






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






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






47. _____ are wingless - flattened insects






48. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






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






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