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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






3. Naturally hornless.






4. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






5. Also known as acetonemia.






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






7. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






9. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






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






12. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






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






15. Illawara.






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






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






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






19. 'Barn-itch'.






20. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Common name for syndactylism.






27. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






28. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






29. Most common treatment for milk fever.






30. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






31. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






33. Year Babcock Test was developed.






34. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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






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






37. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






38. Also known as Red Nose.






39. Common name for nematodes.






40. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






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






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






44. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






46. CSS stands for.






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






48. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






49. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






50. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.