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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Holstein Association uses ______________ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance.






2. 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.






3. Common name for nematodes.






4. Physical conformation of an animal.






5. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






6. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






8. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






10. Adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis.






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






12. 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.






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






14. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






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






19. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






20. Diarrhea.






21. PTAT






22. Illawara.






23. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






26. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






28. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






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






32. Also known as acetonemia.






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






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






35. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






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






38. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






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






41. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






42. Stiff Lamb - Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy - Caused by a defficiency of Vitamin E or Selenium in dairy calves.






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






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






45. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






46. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






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






49. Common name for syndactylism.






50. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.