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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






2. Parturient paresis.






3. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






6. 'Barn-itch'.






7. Illawara.






8. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






9. Syndactylism.






10. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






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






13. Also known as acetonemia.






14. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






15. 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.






16. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






17. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






18. Hormone stimulates milk production.






19. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






20. Physical conformation of an animal.






21. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






23. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






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






26. CSS stands for.






27. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






28. An example of a trematode.






29. Naturally hornless.






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






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






32. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






34. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






36. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






37. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






44. PTAT






45. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






48. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






50. Another name for carousel type milk barn.