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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Period of non-lactation between two periods of lactation.






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






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






4. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






5. Syndactylism.






6. Diarrhea.






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






8. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






10. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






11. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






13. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






15. Year Babcock Test was developed.






16. 'Barn-itch'.






17. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






18. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






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






21. PTAT






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






23. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






24. Is the nation with the highest producing dairy cows.






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






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






27. The main points of a dairy cow and their perspective points in juding are...






28. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






31. Also called gas gangrene.






32. Common name for syndactylism.






33. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






35. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






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






38. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






40. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






41. Caused by the heel fly.






42. Also known as Red Nose.






43. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






44. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






46. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






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






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






50. Illawara.