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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Also known as Red Nose.






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






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






11. Caused by the heel fly.






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






13. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






14. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






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






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






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






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

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






21. CSS stands for.






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






23. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






25. Year Babcock Test was developed.






26. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






27. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






29. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






30. Wingless - flattened insects.






31. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






32. An example of a trematode.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






41. Common name for syndactylism.






42. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






43. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






44. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






46. Unulent fever in people.






47. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






49. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






50. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.