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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






2. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






4. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






5. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






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






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






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






10. Illawara.






11. Common name for syndactylism.






12. Also known as Red Nose.






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






14. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






16. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






17. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






18. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






19. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






20. An example of a trematode.






21. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






23. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






25. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






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






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






29. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






30. 'Barn-itch'.






31. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






32. 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.






33. PTAT






34. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






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






37. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Syndactylism.






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






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






48. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






49. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






50. Hormone stimulates milk production.