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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






3. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle.






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






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






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






7. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






8. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






9. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






10. Most common treatment for milk fever.






11. Hormone stimulates milk production.






12. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






13. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






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






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






17. Wingless - flattened insects.






18. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






20. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






21. 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.






22. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






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






25. Syndactylism.






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






27. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






29. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






30. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






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






33. Also called gas gangrene.






34. 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.






35. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






36. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






37. Common name for nematodes.






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






39. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






42. CSS stands for.






43. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






44. Diarrhea.






45. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






46. Also known as acetonemia.






47. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






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






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