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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






2. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






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






5. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






6. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






8. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






10. Naturally hornless.






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






12. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






14. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






16. PTAT






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






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






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






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






21. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






22. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






24. Cause of cattle grubs.






25. Year Babcock Test was developed.






26. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






28. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






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






31. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






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






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






36. Common name for nematodes.






37. 'Barn-itch'.






38. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






40. Most commonly used test for diagnosis of Leptospirosis in cattle.






41. 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.






42. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






43. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






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






46. Also known as acetonemia.






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






48. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






49. 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.






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