Vocab
A cow that has not yet had a calf.
What is a heifer?
The number one ranked breed in milk production.
What is Holstein?
The style of barn that allows adult cows to live the most naturally.
What is a free stall barn?
The steps taken after milking to protect a cow's teats.
What is post-dipping?
The process of rapidly mixing cream to create butter.
What is churning?
The facility location where cows are milked.
What is a milking parlor?
The two sections of the udder.
What is the fore udder and hind udder?
Calves live individually here to prevent disease transfer.
What is the nursery barn?
The number of times a cow is milked a day.
What is 2-3 times?
The method of killing bacteria in the milk to make it safe to consume or use in the making of dairy products.
What is pasteurization?
The first milk produced by a cow after giving birth.
What is colostrum?
A cow breed that is known for their yellow skin and golden milk.
What is Guernsey?
The amount of time a cow stays in the free stall barn before being dried off.
What is 9-11 months?
A milking parlor where cows stand head to tail.
What is a tandem parlor?
The number of gallons of milk a cow makes per milking.
What is 3-4 gallons?
Inflammation of the udder due to environmental or contagoius pathogens entering the teat cavity.
What is mastitis?
The main joint in the back of a cow's leg. A very important anatomy piece when judging the correctness of leg structure.
What is the hock?
The time period dry cows spend in the barn before having another calf.
What is 45-60 days?
The mechanism that is placed on a cow's teats and uses a vaccum system to milk the cow.
What is a milking claw?
The temperature at which milk is high tempurature pasteurization happens at.
What is 161 degrees?
The hormone that stimulates milk production.
What is prolactin?
The smallest of the major cow breeds, known for their feed efficiency and brown color.
What is Jersey?
The disorder cows can get caused by low calcium, typically after having a calf.
What is milk fever?
The structure that produces the milk inside the udder.
What is the alveoli?
The process in which lactose turns into lactic acid.
What is fermentation?