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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. 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.






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






3. Adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis.






4. Rolling herd average for U.S. dairy herd.






5. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






6. An example of a trematode.






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






8. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






9. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






10. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






11. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






13. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






14. An infertile female calf born co-twin to a bull.






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






16. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






18. Parts blood must pass through the udder to produce milk.






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






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






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






22. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






23. Syndactylism.






24. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






25. 'Barn-itch'.






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






27. Method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy.






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






29. Also known as Red Nose.






30. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






33. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






35. Parturient paresis.






36. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of this disorder.






37. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






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






40. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






42. Common name for syndactylism.






43. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






45. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






46. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






47. Also known as acetonemia.






48. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






49. Year Babcock Test was developed.






50. Unulent fever in people.