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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






2. Year Babcock Test was developed.






3. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






5. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






7. PTAT






8. Diarrhea.






9. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






10. 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.






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






12. Parturient paresis.






13. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






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






16. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






17. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






19. Caused by the heel fly.






20. Also known as acetonemia.






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






22. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






23. 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.






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






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






26. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






27. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






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






30. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






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






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






34. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






36. 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.






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






38. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






40. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






43. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






44. Unulent fever in people.






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






46. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






47. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






48. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






49. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






50. Also known as Red Nose.