Dairy Production Flashcards
Process that destroys harmful bacteria and other tiny organisms
Pasteurization
Food has large amounts of nutrients relative to calories
Nutrient dense
Process that used to keep the fat and milk liquid from separating
Homogenization
Shows problems in producing a large amount of milk
Alveoli
Bag like structure that contains the mammary glands and to watch teats are attached
Udder
Choosing or picking the animal for the herd
Selection
Choosing the cows or heifers to remove from the herd
Culling
Milk production can be assessed by the
Dairy herd improvement (DHI) program
Refers to the offspring a of animals
Progeny
Is an estimate of the traits an animal will transmit to its offsprings
Predicted transmitting ability
Genetic evaluation for dairy cattle production used by the USDA.
Animal model
Refers to the traits of a cow that are good enough to allow her to complete a useful life in a herd.
Functional type
Is the coding of 15 primary traits of dairy cows.
Linear evaluation
Which combines several types and production factors into a single figure.
Type production index (TPI)
Is one which all feedstuff are mixed together
Total mixed ration (TMR)
Are antibodies in the milk that helps the baby calf develops passive immunity.
Immunoglobulins
Chemical transformation of energy by the body
Metabolic disorder
Metabolic disorder characterized by low blood calcium and paralysis
Milk fever
Characterized by a poor appetite and dullness
Ketosis
Is inflammation of the mammary gland
Mastitis
Is an unheated building kept cold during the winter
Cold housing
Refers to building kept warm in the winter
Warm housing
Is a concrete platform raised above the parlor floor (pit)
Milking parlor
System that allows the cows to harvest their own forage
Management intensive grazing
