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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






2. Common name for nematodes.






3. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






4. Parturient paresis.






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






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






7. 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.






8. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






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






11. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






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






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






15. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






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






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






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






20. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






21. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






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






25. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






26. Syndactylism.






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

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28. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






29. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






30. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






31. Year Babcock Test was developed.






32. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






34. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






36. Most common treatment for milk fever.






37. 'Barn-itch'.






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






39. 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.






40. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






42. Naturally hornless.






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






44. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






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






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






48. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






49. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






50. 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.