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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Hormone stimulates milk production.






2. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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

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4. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






5. Cause of cattle grubs.






6. Physical conformation of an animal.






7. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






8. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






9. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






10. 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.






11. Most common treatment for milk fever.






12. Unulent fever in people.






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






14. Rolling herd average for U.S. dairy herd.






15. Naturally hornless.






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






17. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






20. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






21. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






22. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






23. Also known as Red Nose.






24. Common name for syndactylism.






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






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






27. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






29. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






31. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






32. Parturient paresis.






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






34. Wingless - flattened insects.






35. Caused by the heel fly.






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






37. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






38. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






39. A fatal protozoan disease of cattle that destroys the red blood cells - causing anemia and death.






40. Illawara.






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






42. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






44. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






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






47. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






49. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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