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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Syndactylism.






2. Most commonly used test for diagnosis of Leptospirosis in cattle.






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






4. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






5. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






6. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of this disorder.






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






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






9. Parts blood must pass through the udder to produce milk.






10. Parturient paresis.






11. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






13. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






14. 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.






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






16. Diarrhea.






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






18. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






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






21. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






23. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






24. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






25. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






27. Naturally hornless.






28. Caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet.






29. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






30. A fatal protozoan disease of cattle that destroys the red blood cells - causing anemia and death.






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






32. Illawara.






33. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






35. The world record/ cow/ year for milk yield (in pounds).






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






37. Also known as Red Nose.






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






39. Describes an animal having a crooked hock - which causes the lower part of the leg to be bent forward out of a normal perpendicular straight line.






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






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






42. Unulent fever in people.






43. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






44. A chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk line.






45. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






46. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






47. Also known as acetonemia.






48. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






50. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding