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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






3. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






4. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






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






7. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






9. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






10. 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.






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






12. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






14. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






15. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






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






18. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






19. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






20. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






21. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






22. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






23. Common name for nematodes.






24. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






26. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






33. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






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






36. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






37. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






39. Also known as Red Nose.






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






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






42. Also called gas gangrene.






43. CSS stands for.






44. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






46. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






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






49. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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