UNDERSTANDING - 2 - OPERATOR_Stimulation

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* 1. Enter your First and Last Name

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* 2. Stimulation is the gentle but firm physical manipulation of the teats that is necessary for the full release of ______.

oxytocin

serotonin

orexin

myoglobin

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* 3. A small portion of a cow’s udder is made up of alveoli.

True

False

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* 4. Organisms cannot pass directly between glands, but antibiotics can.

True

False

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* 5. Fear responses in cows can inhibit the effect of oxytocin on milk secretory tissues.

True

False

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* 6. _____ is a type of stimulation. (Select all that apply)

Suckling

Milking machine

Hand milking

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* 7. What is the most natural type of stimulation for milk letdown?

suckling

milking machine

hand milking

none of these are correct

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* 8. Manual stimulation should include ____ of tactile stimulation.

60 seconds

5 minutes

10-20 seconds

2 minutes

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* 9. Excess residual milk due to incomplete milk ejection increases the concentration of the feedback inhibitor of lactation and decreases milk secretion.

True

False

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* 10. The distribution of milk between the cisternal and alveolar compartments will have no influence on the degree of feedback inhibition in different species.

True

False

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* 11. A good pre-milking stimulation procedure will result in high milk flow and higher levels of oxytocin at the beginning of milking.

True

False

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* 12. Cows that have short lactations will have a gradual increase in the amount of residual milk throughout lactations.

True

False