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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






9. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






10. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






11. CSS stands for.






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






13. PTAT






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






15. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






17. Common name for syndactylism.






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






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






20. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






21. Diarrhea.






22. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






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






25. Illawara.






26. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






27. 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.






28. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






30. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






31. Common name for nematodes.






32. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






34. Parturient paresis.






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






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






37. Cause of cattle grubs.






38. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






40. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






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






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






44. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






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






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






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






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

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