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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. CSS stands for.






2. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






3. Parturient paresis.






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






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






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






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






8. Also known as acetonemia.






9. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






10. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






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






13. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






15. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






16. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






17. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






19. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






21. Naturally hornless.






22. 'Barn-itch'.






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






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






25. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






27. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






29. 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.






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






31. Unulent fever in people.






32. 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.






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






34. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






35. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






37. Syndactylism.






38. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






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






41. Common name for syndactylism.






42. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






43. Diarrhea.






44. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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

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46. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






49. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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