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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. A zoonotic disorder affecting as many as 90% of dairy farms.






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






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






4. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






5. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






6. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






8. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Hormone stimulates milk production.






14. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






16. Naturally hornless.






17. Wingless - flattened insects.






18. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






19. Also known as Red Nose.






20. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






21. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






23. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






25. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






26. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






27. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






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






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






31. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






32. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






33. Caused by the heel fly.






34. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






36. Most common treatment for milk fever.






37. Unulent fever in people.






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






39. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






40. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






41. Diarrhea.






42. Illawara.






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






44. Year Babcock Test was developed.






45. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






46. Also called gas gangrene.






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






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






49. Syndactylism.






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