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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. A fatal protozoan disease of cattle that destroys the red blood cells - causing anemia and death.






2. 'Barn-itch'.






3. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






4. Diarrhea.






5. Method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy.






6. The common name for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).






7. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






8. Tendency of two or more traits to vary in the same direction or in opposite directions due to common forces or influences.






9. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






10. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






11. Disease characterized by pneumonia or septicemia. The highest incidence occurs in animals subjected to stress.






12. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






13. Used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for her stage in lactation.






14. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






15. Viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease.






16. Hormone stimulates an increase of up to 20% more milk with only 5% more feed.






17. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






18. Wingless - flattened insects.






19. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






20. Parturient paresis.






21. Year Babcock Test was developed.






22. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






23. Spores from this fatal disease can live in the soil for more than 60 years.






24. Syndactylism.






25. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle.






26. PTAT






27. The mammary system of a cow is divided into ___ independent parts.






28. Also known as acetonemia.






29. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






30. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






31. Four of the leading states in milk production are ___ ___ __ __






32. The circumference of the body just back of the shoulders. Used to estimate body weight.






33. A zoonotic disorder affecting as many as 90% of dairy farms.






34. Adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis.






35. Intake protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen.






36. Unulent fever in people.






37. Holstein Association uses ______________ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance.






38. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






39. Milking cows are usually milked ____ days and 'dried up' ___ days before the next lactation






40. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






41. Standardization of lactation records to the level of yield that would have been attained by each cow if she had been a mature cow and calved in the month of the year of highest calving frequency for her breed.






42. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






43. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






44. Age conversion formulas applied to milk production of young cows to compare their milk yield with more mature cows.






45. Milk is actually secreted in grape-like structures called ____






46. Period of non-lactation between two periods of lactation.






47. Common name for syndactylism.






48. Illawara.






49. Cause of cattle grubs.






50. Count of ____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland