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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. The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk is _____






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






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






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






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






6. _____ is also known as acetonemia






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






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






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






10. _____ causes undulant fever in people






11. The dairy breed with a golden yellow color to its milk is _____






12. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






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






14. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






15. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






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






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






19. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






20. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






21. _____is one of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation






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






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






24. _____ 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






25. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






26. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






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






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






30. _____ 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






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






32. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






33. _____ is called parturient paresis






34. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






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






36. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






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






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






39. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






41. _____ is an example of a trematode






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






43. The hormone _____ stimulates mammary duct development






44. _____ is also called illawara






45. _____ means diarrhea






46. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






47. _____ is the common name for interdigital phlegmon






48. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






50. MUN is an abbreviation for _____