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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






2. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






3. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






4. An example of a trematode.






5. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






6. State producing the most milk (total pounds).






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






8. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






10. Unulent fever in people.






11. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






12. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






13. Cause of cattle grubs.






14. Illawara.






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






16. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






18. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






20. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






21. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






22. 'Barn-itch'.






23. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






25. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






26. Also known as acetonemia.






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






28. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






30. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






31. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






32. Common name for nematodes.






33. Also known as Red Nose.






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






35. The dairy breed with a golden yellow color to its milk.






36. 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.






37. An association which dairy farmers join to participate in their record-keeping and management plans and is operated jointly by the USDA and state colleges of agriculture and land-grant universities.






38. One of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation.






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






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






41. Diarrhea.






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. CSS stands for.






47. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






49. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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