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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. The main points of a dairy cow and their perspective points in juding are...






2. Common name for syndactylism.






3. CSS stands for.






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






5. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






6. A chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk line.






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






8. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






9. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






10. Common name for nematodes.






11. Tendency of two or more traits to vary in the same direction or in opposite directions due to common forces or influences.






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






13. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






14. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






17. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






18. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






19. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






20. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






21. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






22. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






23. An example of a trematode.






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






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






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






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






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


29. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






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






32. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






34. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






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






37. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






38. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






40. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






41. Wingless - flattened insects.






42. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






43. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






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






46. Illawara.






47. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






49. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






50. Parturient paresis.