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Dairy Cow Industry

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






2. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






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






5. Describes an animal having a crooked hock - which causes the lower part of the leg to be bent forward out of a normal perpendicular straight line.






6. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






7. CSS stands for.






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


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






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






11. An association which dairy farmers join to participate in their record-keeping and management plans and is operated jointly by the USDA and state colleges of agriculture and land-grant universities.






12. State producing the most milk (total pounds).






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






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






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






16. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






17. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






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






20. Caused by the heel fly.






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






22. Hormone stimulates an increase of up to 20% more milk with only 5% more feed.






23. Also known as Red Nose.






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






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






26. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






27. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






29. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






31. Diarrhea.






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






33. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






34. Common name for syndactylism.






35. Count of ____ cells helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland






36. Cause of cattle grubs.






37. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






38. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






39. PTAT






40. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






41. Milking cows are usually milked ____ days and 'dried up' ___ days before the next lactation






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






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






44. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






45. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






47. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






48. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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