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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






2. Year Babcock Test was developed.






3. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






4. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






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






7. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






8. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






10. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






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






13. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






14. PTAT






15. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






17. Also known as acetonemia.






18. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






19. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






20. Also known as Red Nose.






21. CSS stands for.






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






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






24. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






25. 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.






26. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






27. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






28. 'Barn-itch'.






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






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






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






32. Unulent fever in people.






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






34. Diarrhea.






35. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






36. An example of a trematode.






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






38. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






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






41. Illawara.






42. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






43. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






46. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






47. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






48. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






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