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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






3. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






4. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






5. Also known as acetonemia.






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






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






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






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






10. Unulent fever in people.






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






12. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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


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






15. Common name for nematodes.






16. PTAT






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






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






19. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






20. Cause of cattle grubs.






21. 'Barn-itch'.






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






23. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Illawara.






30. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






32. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






34. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






35. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






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






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






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






40. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






42. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






48. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






49. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






50. Also called gas gangrene.