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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Holstein Association uses ______________ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance.






2. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






3. Syndactylism.






4. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






5. An example of a trematode.






6. Common name for nematodes.






7. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






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






10. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






12. Also known as acetonemia.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






21. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






23. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






25. Also known as Red Nose.






26. Common name for syndactylism.






27. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






28. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






30. Standardization of lactation records to the level of yield that would have been attained by each cow if she had been a mature cow and calved in the month of the year of highest calving frequency for her breed.






31. PTAT






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






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






34. Illawara.






35. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






36. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






38. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






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






41. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






43. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






45. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






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






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






49. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






50. Parturient paresis.