Vocabulary - Tell me the word

Question 1

this is stored in bales and fed to dairy cows

Answer 1

hay

Question 2

the major buffer for maintaining optimum rumen pH

Answer 2

saliva

Question 3

chewing

Answer 3

mastication

Question 4

used in pre-fresh cow rations to help prepare cows for the sudden demand for blood calcium

Answer 4

ionic salts

Question 5

the wrapped, round bales of silage

Answer 5

baleage

Question 6

released by the pineal gland in response to longer day length

Answer 6

melatonin

Question 7

the process by which white blood cells engulf microorganisms

Answer 7

phagocytosis

Question 8

a blend of all feedstuffs in one feed

Answer 8

TMR (total mixed ration)

Question 9

connects one bone to another bone

Answer 9

ligament

Question 10

feed that a cow has regurgitated and is being re-chewed

Answer 10

cud

Question 11

red blood cells - the only cells that have no nucleus

Answer 11

erythrocytes

Question 12

plants that have a life cycle of more than two years

Answer 12

perennials

Question 13

tube that connects the mouth to the rumen

Answer 13

esophagus

Question 14

diseases and infections that are transmitted between vertebrate animals and human beings

Answer 14

zoonoses

Question 15

forages harvested (cut and chopped) in the field and fed directly to livestock

Answer 15

green chop

Question 16

plants that are seeded each year and whose growth are completed in one crop year

Answer 16

annual

Question 17

responsible for mobilizing calcium from bone

Answer 17

parathyroid gland

Question 18

a protein that acts as a catalyst in starting or speeding up specific chemical reactions

Answer 18

enzyme

Question 19

a hormone produced by the pancreas that promotes cell growth and division

Answer 19

insulin

Question 20

green forage that is chopped into a silo, where it is packed or compressed to exclude air and undergoes an acid fermentation (lactic and acetic acids) that retards spoilage

Answer 20

silage

Question 21

the structure that holds the uterus and ovaries in their proper position

Answer 21

broad ligament

Question 22

chemical agents that are given to animals that kill or stop the growth of bacteria

Answer 22

antibiotics

Question 23

known as the powerhouse of the cell because all energy is produced in this cell part

Answer 23

mitochondrion

Question 24

feed additives which alter rumen fermemtation by boosting the production of proprionic acid and reducing the production of acetic acid

Answer 24

ionophores

Question 25

major artery supplying blood to the udder

Answer 25

external pudic artery

Question 26

connects a muscle to a bone

Answer 26

tendon

Question 27

any substance that can reduce changes in pH when an acid or alkali is added

Answer 27

buffer

Question 28

the vegetative portion of plants in a fresh, dried, or ensiled state that is fed to livestock

Answer 28

forages

Question 29

fermentation process in ruminants when semi-liquid ingesta is regurgitated into the esophagus, rechewed, and re-swallowed for further digestion

Answer 29

rumination

Question 30

belching of gas by ruminant animals as a natural way for releasing gases produced during

Answer 30

eructation

Question 31

white blood cells

Answer 31

leukocytes

Question 32

proteins synthesized by organs of the cow’s immune system that aid in the elimination of foreign substances such as microorganisms

Answer 32

antibodies

Question 33

the taste or likability of a feedstuff

Answer 33

palatability