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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






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






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






5. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






7. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






9. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






10. Cause of cattle grubs.






11. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






13. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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






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






16. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






18. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






19. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






20. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






21. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






23. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






25. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






26. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






27. Also called gas gangrene.






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






29. Naturally hornless.






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






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






32. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






35. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






37. Caused by the heel fly.






38. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






39. Also known as Red Nose.






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






41. Hormone stimulates milk production.






42. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






43. CSS stands for.






44. Illawara.






45. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






46. Diarrhea.






47. Most common treatment for milk fever.






48. Parturient paresis.






49. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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