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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






2. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






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






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






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






7. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






8. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






9. Syndactylism.






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






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






12. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






13. Also called gas gangrene.






14. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






15. Diarrhea.






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






17. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






19. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






20. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






21. Cause of cattle grubs.






22. An example of a trematode.






23. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






24. Common name for syndactylism.






25. 'Barn-itch'.






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






27. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






29. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






31. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






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






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






35. Naturally hornless.






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






37. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






39. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






40. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






41. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






43. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






44. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






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






47. Wingless - flattened insects.






48. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






49. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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