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Dairy Cow Industry

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






2. An example of a trematode.






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






4. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






5. Unulent fever in people.






6. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






7. Physical conformation of an animal.






8. Method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy.






9. 'Barn-itch'.






10. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






12. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






13. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






14. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






22. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






23. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






25. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






26. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






28. Hormone stimulates milk production.






29. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






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






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






33. Milking cows are usually milked ____ days and 'dried up' ___ days before the next lactation






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

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






36. PTAT






37. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






38. 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.






39. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






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






43. Wingless - flattened insects.






44. Also called gas gangrene.






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






46. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






47. Syndactylism.






48. Diarrhea.






49. Year Babcock Test was developed.






50. Naturally hornless.