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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Also called gas gangrene.






2. Cause of cattle grubs.






3. Unulent fever in people.






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






5. Also known as Red Nose.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






9. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






11. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






13. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






14. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






15. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






16. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






17. Parturient paresis.






18. Common name for syndactylism.






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






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






21. An example of a trematode.






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






23. Common name for nematodes.






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






25. Most common treatment for milk fever.






26. Syndactylism.






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






28. Also known as acetonemia.






29. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






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






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






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






34. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






36. Diarrhea.






37. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






38. 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.






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






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






41. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






43. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






44. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






46. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






48. Caused by the heel fly.






49. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






50. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.