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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 circumference of the body just back of the shoulders of an animal; used to estimate body weight






2. _____ is called parturient paresis






3. _____ is caused by the heel fly






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






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






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






7. _____ means diarrhea






8. _____ is adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis






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






10. Established colleges of agrculture in each state are called _____






11. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






12. _____ is also known as red nose






13. Milk is actually secreted in grapelike structures called _____






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






15. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






16. _____ is the common name for nematodes






17. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






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






27. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






28. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






29. The oldest breed of dairy cattle is _____






30. _____ is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy






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






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






33. _____ is an example of a trematode






34. _____ means naturally hornless






35. _____ is also known as hyperkeratosis






36. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






37. The hormone _____ stimulates milk letdown






38. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






42. _____ is also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria






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






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






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






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






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






48. _____ is also known as barn itch






49. _____ is also known as traumatic gastritis






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