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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






3. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






4. 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.






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






6. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






8. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






9. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






11. 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.






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






13. Hormone stimulates milk production.






14. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






15. Illawara.






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






17. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






18. Should only be used as a last resort for the treatment of ruminal tymphany.






19. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






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






22. Common name for syndactylism.






23. Naturally hornless.






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






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






26. An example of a trematode.






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






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






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






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






31. Parturient paresis.






32. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






33. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






34. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






35. Wingless - flattened insects.






36. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






37. Disease characterized by pneumonia or septicemia. The highest incidence occurs in animals subjected to stress.






38. Also known as acetonemia.






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






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






41. Cause of cattle grubs.






42. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






44. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






45. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






46. The world record/ cow/ year for milk yield (in pounds).






47. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






48. Used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for her stage in lactation.






49. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






50. Physical conformation of an animal.