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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






2. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






4. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






5. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






6. 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.






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






8. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






9. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






11. Unulent fever in people.






12. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






13. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






14. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






15. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






17. Wingless - flattened insects.






18. Syndactylism.






19. Common name for syndactylism.






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






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






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






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. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






25. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






28. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






29. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






36. An example of a trematode.






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






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






39. Common name for nematodes.






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






41. PTAT






42. Parturient paresis.






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






44. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






45. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






46. Year Babcock Test was developed.






47. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






50. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.