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dairy science
section one of dairy science
Question | Answer |
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dairy science is the science of (3 things) | science of 1. producing 2. processing 3. marketing milk |
milk processing in the united states 1990 __lbs | 148 billion lbs |
milk produced annually in the unitesd states in 2002 ___lbs | 169 billion lbs |
four types of people involved | 1. processors 2. retailor s 3. service 4. supply |
number of farms us | less than 100,000 |
number of cows | 9.2 million cows |
why does the industry exist (4) | 1. consumer demand 2. efficient use of resources 3. competitively priced product 4. opportunity for profit |
consumer demand is increased by (4 things) | 1. population increase 2. per capita demand 3. advertising 4. quality product |
quality product includes mainly (2things) | taste and saftey |
animal efficeince from feed most and least efficent animals | dairy cow -- most efficient beef and lamb least efficient |
labor efficiency from 1955 to 1988 how has efficience changed | efficiency has increased and per cwt has decreased |
male (name and weight at birth | bull 55-150 lbs |
female (name and weight at birth) | heifer 50-130 lbs |
father cow | sire |
mother cow | dam |
male puberty (age and weight) | 10-12 months 5-900 lbs |
female puberty (age and weight) | 6-10 months 4-750 lbs |
puberty is influenced by (2things) | breed and nutrition |
wean from dam | cow taken from its mother |
wean from milk | has to eat big cow food |
estrous cycle is how many days long | 21 days long |
estrus is what and how long | is heat and it is 18 hours long |
estrus | the time period during which a female is sexually receptive |
how long does the first breeding last | 12-17 months |
how many days does gestation last | 283 |
first calving is in how many months | 21-26 |
gestation | period during which embryo develops |
producer | manufacturer of a product |
calving | giving birth to a calf |
freshening | to begin lactating |
heifer | female cow |
breeding | application of genetic principals to the improvement of farm animals |
dry period | the time from drying off to re-calving |
length of dry period (cow and first calver) | regular cow is two months first calvers before there second is three months |
zero milk | calving (freshening) |
zero milk | begining of lactation |
4-6 weeks | peak milk yield |
80-120 days | rebreeding |
305-365 days | quit milking and dry off |
lactation makes how many lbs of milk | 7-35,000 lbs of milk |
lactation in gallons | 800-4100 gallons |
8.6 lbs of milk makes how many gallons | 1 gallon |
productive life = how many lactations | three to four |
why is CA popular for dairy? | low humidity good location |
PA decreasing? | all small farm refusal to change |
top two dairdy production | US and New Zealand |
milk sale trends up or down total whole 2 light | down, down, up , up |