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Dairy Cow Industry

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






2. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






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






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






6. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






8. Also known as acetonemia.






9. PTAT






10. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






13. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






14. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






15. 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.






16. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






18. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






19. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






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






22. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






23. Common name for nematodes.






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






25. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






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






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






29. Also called gas gangrene.






30. 'Barn-itch'.






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






32. Physical conformation of an animal.






33. Naturally hornless.






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






35. Caused by the heel fly.






36. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






37. Unulent fever in people.






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






43. Diarrhea.






44. An example of a trematode.






45. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






46. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






48. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






49. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






50. CSS stands for.