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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






2. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






8. An example of a trematode.






9. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






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






12. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






14. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






15. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






16. Syndactylism.






17. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






18. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






20. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






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






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






24. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






25. Diarrhea.






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






27. The dairy breed that is used mostly for milk and veal is _____






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






29. Common name for nematodes.






30. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






31. Caused by the heel fly.






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






33. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






34. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






36. Naturally hornless.






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






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






39. Cause of cattle grubs.






40. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






42. Unulent fever in people.






43. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






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






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






47. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






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