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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Rolling herd average for U.S. dairy herd.






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






3. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






4. Also called gas gangrene.






5. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






6. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






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






10. Illawara.






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






12. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






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






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






16. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






17. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






18. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






28. Common name for nematodes.






29. Diarrhea.






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






31. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






33. Cause of cattle grubs.






34. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






35. Also known as acetonemia.






36. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






37. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






39. PTAT






40. Parturient paresis.






41. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






42. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






43. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






45. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






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






48. CSS stands for.






49. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






50. Common name for syndactylism.