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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. One of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation.






2. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






11. Also known as acetonemia.






12. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






14. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






15. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






16. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






17. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






18. Also called gas gangrene.






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






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






21. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






22. Syndactylism.






23. 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.






24. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






25. CSS stands for.






26. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






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






30. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






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






34. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






35. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






36. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






37. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






38. State producing the most milk (total pounds).






39. Naturally hornless.






40. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






42. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






43. Unulent fever in people.






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






45. 'Barn-itch'.






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






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






48. Common name for syndactylism.






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






50. Hormone stimulates milk production.