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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. State producing the most milk (total pounds).






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






3. Common name for syndactylism.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






11. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






13. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






14. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






16. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






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






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






20. Unulent fever in people.






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






22. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






23. Naturally hornless.






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






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






26. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






28. Common name for nematodes.






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






30. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






31. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






32. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






33. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






34. 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.






35. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






36. 'Barn-itch'.






37. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






38. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






47. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






48. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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

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50. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.