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Dairy Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation






2. The hormone _____ stimulate milk secretion






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






4. _____ was the year the babcock test was developed






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






6. _____ is the common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis






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






8. _____ is the common name for ruminal tympany






9. _____ is also called illawara






10. _____ is also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis






11. _____ is also known as acetonemia






12. _____ is also known as syndactylism






13. _____ is caused by Mycobacterium bovis






14. _____ is also known as barn itch






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






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






17. PTAT is the abbreviation for _____






18. MUN is an abbreviation for _____






19. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






23. _____ is the most common treatment for milk fever






24. _____ is caused by Actinomycosis bovis






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






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






27. The hormone _____ counteracts milk letdown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Anothe rname for BSE is _____






36. _____ is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet






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






38. The Ayrshire breed is colored _____






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






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






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






42. _____ 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






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






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






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






46. CSS stands for _____






47. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of _____






48. _____ means naturally hornless






49. _____ is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis






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