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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






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






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






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






6. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






7. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






8. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






9. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






11. Illawara.






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






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






14. Unulent fever in people.






15. PTAT






16. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






18. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






19. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






20. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






21. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






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






24. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






26. Year Babcock Test was developed.






27. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






29. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






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






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






33. Method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy.






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






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






36. Parturient paresis.






37. CSS stands for.






38. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






39. 'Barn-itch'.






40. Caused by the heel fly.






41. Common name for nematodes.






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






43. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






45. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






46. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






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






49. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






50. Most common treatment for milk fever.