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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Also called gas gangrene.






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






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






4. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






7. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






9. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






16. Method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy.






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






18. Syndactylism.






19. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






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






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






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






24. Diarrhea.






25. PTAT






26. Wingless - flattened insects.






27. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






28. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






30. Also known as acetonemia.






31. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






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






34. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






35. Parturient paresis.






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






37. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






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






40. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






41. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






42. Physical conformation of an animal.






43. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






44. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






46. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






47. An example of a trematode.






48. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






49. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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