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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. State producing the most milk (total pounds).






2. Syndactylism.






3. Also called gas gangrene.






4. 'Barn-itch'.






5. An example of a trematode.






6. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






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






9. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






12. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






13. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






15. Also known as acetonemia.






16. Common name for nematodes.






17. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






18. Unulent fever in people.






19. 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.






20. Used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for her stage in lactation.






21. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






22. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






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






26. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






27. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






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






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






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






32. Also known as Red Nose.






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






34. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






35. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






37. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






39. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






41. Common name for syndactylism.






42. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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






44. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






46. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






47. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






48. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






49. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






50. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.