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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Also known as acetonemia.






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






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






4. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






5. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






6. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






7. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






8. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






9. 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.






10. Wingless - flattened insects.






11. Unulent fever in people.






12. Parturient paresis.






13. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






14. Caused by the heel fly.






15. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






18. 'Barn-itch'.






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






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






21. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






23. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






25. Syndactylism.






26. 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.






27. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






28. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






29. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






30. Naturally hornless.






31. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






32. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






34. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






36. Physical conformation of an animal.






37. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






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






40. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






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






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






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






45. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






46. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






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






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






50. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.