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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. An infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull.






2. Caused by the heel fly.






3. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






5. An example of a trematode.






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






7. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






8. Cause of cattle grubs.






9. Physical conformation of an animal.






10. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






12. Naturally hornless.






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






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






15. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






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






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






19. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






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






22. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






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






25. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






27. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






28. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






29. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






30. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






31. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






32. Common name for nematodes.






33. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






34. PTAT






35. Syndactylism.






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






37. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






38. Also known as acetonemia.






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






40. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






41. Common name for syndactylism.






42. Parturient paresis.






43. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






44. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






45. 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.






46. Also called gas gangrene.






47. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






49. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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