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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






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






4. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






5. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






7. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






10. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






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






13. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






14. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






15. Naturally hornless.






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






17. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






18. Also known as acetonemia.






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






20. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






21. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






22. Caused by the heel fly.






23. Also called gas gangrene.






24. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






26. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






28. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






29. 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.






30. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






32. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






33. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






34. Diarrhea.






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






36. Unulent fever in people.






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






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






39. Illawara.






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






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






42. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






44. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






45. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






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






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






49. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






50. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.