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Dairy Cow Industry

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






2. Diarrhea.






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






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






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






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


9. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






10. CSS stands for.






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






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






13. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






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






16. Unulent fever in people.






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






18. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






19. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






20. Also known as acetonemia.






21. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






23. Also called gas gangrene.






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






25. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






27. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






28. Parturient paresis.






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






30. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






31. Naturally hornless.






32. Common name for syndactylism.






33. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






35. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






36. Physical conformation of an animal.






37. An example of a trematode.






38. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






41. Syndactylism.






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






43. Common name for nematodes.






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






45. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






46. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






47. Illawara.






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






49. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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