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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Also called gas gangrene.






2. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






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






5. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of this disorder.






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






11. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






12. Diarrhea.






13. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






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






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






17. Wingless - flattened insects.






18. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






20. Naturally hornless.






21. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






23. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






25. Also known as Red Nose.






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






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






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






29. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






30. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






31. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






32. Syndactylism.






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






34. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






35. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






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






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






39. Also known as acetonemia.






40. 'Barn-itch'.






41. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






42. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






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






45. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






47. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






48. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






50. An example of a trematode.