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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






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






4. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






6. 'Barn-itch'.






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






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






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






10. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






11. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






12. Wingless - flattened insects.






13. Common name for syndactylism.






14. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






15. Common name for nematodes.






16. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






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






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






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






21. Cause of cattle grubs.






22. 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.






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






24. Parturient paresis.






25. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






27. Naturally hornless.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






35. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






36. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






37. CSS stands for.






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






39. An example of a trematode.






40. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






42. Unulent fever in people.






43. 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.






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






45. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






46. Physical conformation of an animal.






47. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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

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49. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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