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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






2. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






3. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






4. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






5. Common name for nematodes.






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






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






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






9. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






10. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






12. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






13. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






14. 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.






15. Also known as Red Nose.






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






17. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






18. Hormone stimulates milk production.






19. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






21. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






23. Unulent fever in people.






24. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






26. Parturient paresis.






27. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






29. Naturally hornless.






30. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






31. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






33. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






34. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






35. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






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






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






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






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






41. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






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






44. Also called gas gangrene.






45. Illawara.






46. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






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






49. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






50. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.