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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. PTAT






2. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






4. Syndactylism.






5. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






7. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






9. Also called gas gangrene.






10. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






11. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






12. 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.






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






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






15. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






16. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






18. Spores from this fatal disease can live in the soil for more than 60 years.






19. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






21. Illawara.






22. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






23. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






24. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






25. Caused by the heel fly.






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






27. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






29. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






31. Diarrhea.






32. Cause of cattle grubs.






33. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






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






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






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






38. Unulent fever in people.






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






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






41. Parturient paresis.






42. Should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tymphany.






43. Disease causing chronic diarrhea - weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

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44. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






45. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






47. Standardization of lactation records to the level of yield that would have been attained by each cow if she had been a mature cow and calved in the month of the year of highest calving frequency for her breed.






48. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






49. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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