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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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

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3. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






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






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






7. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






8. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






10. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






11. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






13. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






14. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






15. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






16. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






17. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






18. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






20. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






21. Illawara.






22. Syndactylism.






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






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






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






26. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






27. PTAT






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






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






30. An example of a trematode.






31. Diarrhea.






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






33. Physical conformation of an animal.






34. Most common treatment for milk fever.






35. 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.






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






37. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






38. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






39. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






40. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






42. Parturient paresis.






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






44. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






46. Common name for syndactylism.






47. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






49. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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