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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






3. Naturally hornless.






4. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






5. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






6. Parturient paresis.






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






8. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






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






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






12. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






13. Unulent fever in people.






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

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






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






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






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






19. 'Barn-itch'.






20. An example of a trematode.






21. 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.






22. Tendency of two or more traits to vary in the same direction or in opposite directions due to common forces or influences.






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






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






25. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






26. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






27. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






29. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






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






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






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






34. CSS stands for.






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






36. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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






38. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






39. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






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






42. 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.






43. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






44. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






45. Year Babcock Test was developed.






46. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






49. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






50. Also known as Red Nose.