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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






2. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






3. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






5. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






6. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






8. 'Barn-itch'.






9. Also known as acetonemia.






10. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






11. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






13. Describes an animal having a crooked hock - which causes the lower part of the leg to be bent forward out of a normal perpendicular straight line.






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






15. Cause of cattle grubs.






16. Syndactylism.






17. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






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






20. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






21. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






22. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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






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






25. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






27. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






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






30. PTAT






31. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






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






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






43. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






45. Diarrhea.






46. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






47. Illawara.






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






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






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