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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Common name for syndactylism.






2. Describes an animal having a crooked hock - which causes the lower part of the leg to be bent forward out of a normal perpendicular straight line.






3. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






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






6. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






7. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






8. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






9. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






10. Unulent fever in people.






11. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






12. Also known as Red Nose.






13. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






15. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






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






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






19. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






20. PTAT






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






22. Hormone stimulates milk production.






23. Parturient paresis.






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






25. Also known as acetonemia.






26. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






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






29. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






30. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






31. 'Barn-itch'.






32. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






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






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






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. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






38. Physical conformation of an animal.






39. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






41. Syndactylism.






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






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






44. Also called gas gangrene.






45. Common name for nematodes.






46. Caused by the heel fly.






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






48. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






49. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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