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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Milking cows are usually milked ____ days and 'dried up' ___ days before the next lactation






2. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






4. An example of a trematode.






5. Also called gas gangrene.






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






7. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






8. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






9. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






10. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






11. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






13. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






14. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of this disorder.






15. 'Barn-itch'.






16. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






17. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






19. CSS stands for.






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. PTAT






25. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






26. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






27. Year Babcock Test was developed.






28. Common name for syndactylism.






29. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






30. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






31. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






33. Common name for nematodes.






34. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






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






37. Caused by the heel fly.






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






39. Parts blood must pass through the udder to produce milk.






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






41. Cause of cattle grubs.






42. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






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






46. Also known as acetonemia.






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






48. Naturally hornless.






49. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






50. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.