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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Illawara.






2. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






3. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






6. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






7. CSS stands for.






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






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






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






11. Also known as acetonemia.






12. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






14. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






15. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






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






18. 'Barn-itch'.






19. Parturient paresis.






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






21. PTAT






22. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






23. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






24. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






25. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






26. Year Babcock Test was developed.






27. Physical conformation of an animal.






28. Common name for nematodes.






29. 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.






30. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






32. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






34. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






35. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






36. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






37. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






38. An example of a trematode.






39. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






40. Also known as Red Nose.






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






42. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






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






46. Unulent fever in people.






47. Naturally hornless.






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






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






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