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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






2. Also known as Red Nose.






3. Most common treatment for milk fever.






4. Caused by the heel fly.






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






6. Holstein Association uses ______________ as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance.






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






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






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






10. Naturally hornless.






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






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






13. Most commonly used test for diagnosis of Leptospirosis in cattle.






14. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






15. Also known as acetonemia.






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






17. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






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






20. PTAT






21. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






22. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






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






25. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






26. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






27. Syndactylism.






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






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






30. Hormone stimulates milk production.






31. Common name for nematodes.






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






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






34. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






36. Year Babcock Test was developed.






37. The main points of a dairy cow and their perspective points in juding are...






38. Diarrhea.






39. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






41. Spores from this fatal disease can live in the soil for more than 60 years.






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






43. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






50. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.