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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Mechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exit between the teat cup liner and shell.






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






3. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






5. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






6. An example of a trematode.






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






8. 'Barn-itch'.






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






10. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






12. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






13. 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.






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






15. Caused by the heel fly.






16. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






18. Cause of cattle grubs.






19. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






21. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






22. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






23. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






25. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






26. Physical conformation of an animal.






27. Wingless - flattened insects.






28. Common name for syndactylism.






29. Is the nation with the highest producing dairy cows.






30. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






31. Also called gas gangrene.






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






33. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






34. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






36. Common name for nematodes.






37. Also known as acetonemia.






38. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






40. Unulent fever in people.






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






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






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






44. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






45. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






47. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






49. CSS stands for.






50. Hormone stimulates milk production.