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Dairy Cow Industry

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






2. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






4. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






5. Common name for syndactylism.






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






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






8. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






9. 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.






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






11. Naturally hornless.






12. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






14. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






17. Diarrhea.






18. An example of a trematode.






19. 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.






20. Most common treatment for milk fever.






21. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






23. Parturient paresis.






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






25. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






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






28. Also called gas gangrene.






29. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






30. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






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






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






34. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






36. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






37. Hormone stimulates milk production.






38. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






39. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






41. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






43. CSS stands for.






44. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






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






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






48. Cause of cattle grubs.






49. Caused by the heel fly.






50. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.