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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. The common name for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).






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






3. Naturally hornless.






4. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






5. Caused by the heel fly.






6. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






7. Also called gas gangrene.






8. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






11. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






12. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






13. PTAT






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






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






16. Syndactylism.






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






18. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






20. An association which dairy farmers join to participate in their record-keeping and management plans and is operated jointly by the USDA and state colleges of agriculture and land-grant universities.






21. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






22. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






23. The ____ is used by all dairy cattle breed associations as the standard for judging and classifying cattle






24. 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.






25. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






27. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






29. Most common treatment for milk fever.






30. Parturient paresis.






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






32. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






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






35. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






37. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






38. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






40. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






42. Also known as acetonemia.






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






44. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






47. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






49. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






50. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.