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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






2. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






3. Also known as acetonemia.






4. Caused by the heel fly.






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






6. Year Babcock Test was developed.






7. Illawara.






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






9. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






10. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






12. Common name for nematodes.






13. CSS stands for.






14. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






15. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






16. Diarrhea.






17. Physical conformation of an animal.






18. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






19. Also known as Red Nose.






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






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






22. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






23. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






24. Syndactylism.






25. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






26. Unulent fever in people.






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






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






29. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






30. Mechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exit between the teat cup liner and shell.






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






32. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






33. An infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull.






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






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






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






37. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






38. Also called gas gangrene.






39. Common name for syndactylism.






40. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






42. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






44. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






45. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






46. Wingless - flattened insects.






47. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






49. Stiff Lamb - Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy - Caused by a defficiency of Vitamin E or Selenium in dairy calves.






50. Naturally hornless.