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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Naturally hornless.






2. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






3. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






4. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






5. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






7. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






10. 'Barn-itch'.






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






12. Unulent fever in people.






13. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






15. Hormone stimulates milk production.






16. Parturient paresis.






17. 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.






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






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






20. Diarrhea.






21. Caused by the heel fly.






22. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






23. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






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






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






27. Cause of cattle grubs.






28. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






30. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






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






34. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






36. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






38. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






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






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






42. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






43. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






44. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






45. Year Babcock Test was developed.






46. Common name for nematodes.






47. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






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






50. 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.