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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. 'Barn-itch'.






2. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






4. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






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






7. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






8. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






10. Caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet.






11. Illawara.






12. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






15. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






16. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






17. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






18. Parturient paresis.






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






20. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






22. Unulent fever in people.






23. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






25. Also known as acetonemia.






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






27. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






30. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






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






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






34. Also called gas gangrene.






35. Diarrhea.






36. 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.






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






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






39. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






40. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






41. Common name for syndactylism.






42. 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.






43. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






44. Physical conformation of an animal.






45. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






46. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






47. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






49. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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