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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Illawara.






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






3. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






5. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






6. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






8. 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.






9. Syndactylism.






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






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






12. 'Barn-itch'.






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






14. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






16. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






18. Caused by the heel fly.






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






20. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






22. Also known as acetonemia.






23. Also called gas gangrene.






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






25. Also known as Red Nose.






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






27. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






28. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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






30. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






31. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






32. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






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






35. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






37. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






39. Common name for syndactylism.






40. CSS stands for.






41. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






42. Naturally hornless.






43. Diarrhea.






44. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






46. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






47. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






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






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