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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Naturally hornless.






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






3. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






5. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






7. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






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






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






11. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






13. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






14. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






15. Caused by the heel fly.






16. Year Babcock Test was developed.






17. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






19. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






21. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






22. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






23. 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.






24. Also known as Red Nose.






25. Diarrhea.






26. Common name for syndactylism.






27. Also known as acetonemia.






28. 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.






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






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






31. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






32. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






33. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






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






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






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






38. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






39. Also called gas gangrene.






40. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






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






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






44. PTAT






45. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






47. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






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






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