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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. A fatal protozoan disease of cattle that destroys the red blood cells - causing anemia and death.






2. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






3. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






4. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






5. 'Barn-itch'.






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






7. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






8. Diarrhea.






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






10. 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.






11. CSS stands for.






12. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






14. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






16. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






17. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






18. Unulent fever in people.






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






20. 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.






21. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






22. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






23. Parturient paresis.






24. Illawara.






25. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






26. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






27. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






28. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






29. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






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






33. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






36. Most common treatment for milk fever.






37. Common name for nematodes.






38. Cause of cattle grubs.






39. Also known as Red Nose.






40. Syndactylism.






41. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






43. Also called gas gangrene.






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






45. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






46. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






47. Caused by the heel fly.






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






49. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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