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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Illawara.






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






3. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






4. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






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






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






9. Unulent fever in people.






10. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






11. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






13. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Also called gas gangrene.






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






22. Year Babcock Test was developed.






23. Also known as Red Nose.






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






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






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






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






28. CSS stands for.






29. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






31. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






32. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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






34. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






35. PTAT






36. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






38. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






39. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






40. An example of a trematode.






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






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






43. Syndactylism.






44. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






45. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






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






48. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






49. Most common treatment for milk fever.






50. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?