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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






3. Most common treatment for milk fever.






4. Unulent fever in people.






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






6. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






7. Illawara.






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






9. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






12. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






13. PTAT






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






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






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






17. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






18. 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.






19. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






20. Also known as Red Nose.






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






22. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






23. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






24. Syndactylism.






25. Is the nation with the highest producing dairy cows.






26. Also known as acetonemia.






27. Diarrhea.






28. Parturient paresis.






29. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






30. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. Also called gas gangrene.






40. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






41. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






42. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






44. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






46. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






47. 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.






48. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






49. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






50. An example of a trematode.