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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






3. Year Babcock Test was developed.






4. Also called gas gangrene.






5. Should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tymphany.






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






7. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






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






10. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






12. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






15. Rolling herd average for U.S. dairy herd.






16. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






18. CSS stands for.






19. 'Barn-itch'.






20. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






21. Most common treatment for milk fever.






22. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






23. Common name for syndactylism.






24. Diarrhea.






25. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






26. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






27. Physical conformation of an animal.






28. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






30. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






33. Hormone stimulates milk production.






34. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






35. Illawara.






36. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






37. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






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






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






41. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






43. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






44. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






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






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






48. Naturally hornless.






49. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






50. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.