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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Parturient paresis.






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






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






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






5. Naturally hornless.






6. PTAT






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






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






9. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






11. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






12. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






13. Diarrhea.






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






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






16. Disease causing chronic diarrhea - weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

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17. The common name for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).






18. Wingless - flattened insects.






19. An example of a trematode.






20. Caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet.






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






22. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






23. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






24. Also called gas gangrene.






25. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






26. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






27. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






30. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






33. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






34. Common name for syndactylism.






35. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






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






38. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






39. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






40. 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.






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






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






43. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






44. Year Babcock Test was developed.






45. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






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






48. Unulent fever in people.






49. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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