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Dairy Cow Industry

Subject : industries
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1. An example of a trematode.






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






3. Illawara.






4. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






6. Common name for nematodes.






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






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






9. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






16. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






18. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






26. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






27. Common name for syndactylism.






28. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






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






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






32. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






33. PTAT






34. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






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






37. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






38. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






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






41. Viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease.






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






43. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






44. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






46. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






47. Most common treatment for milk fever.






48. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






49. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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