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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






2. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






3. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






4. Most common treatment for milk fever.






5. Illawara.






6. 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.






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






8. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






9. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






11. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






12. Parturient paresis.






13. 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.






14. Also called gas gangrene.






15. CSS stands for.






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






17. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






19. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






20. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






21. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






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






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






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






26. Diarrhea.






27. Common name for syndactylism.






28. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






30. Common name for nematodes.






31. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






33. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






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






36. An example of a trematode.






37. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






38. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






39. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






40. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






42. Physical conformation of an animal.






43. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






44. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






46. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






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






49. Also known as acetonemia.






50. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding