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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Most common treatment for milk fever.






2. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






4. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






15. Also known as acetonemia.






16. Naturally hornless.






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. Syndactylism.






22. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






23. Diarrhea.






24. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






26. Parturient paresis.






27. Physical conformation of an animal.






28. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






29. 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.






30. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






31. Hormone stimulates milk production.






32. Illawara.






33. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






34. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






35. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






37. Common name for nematodes.






38. CSS stands for.






39. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






40. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






41. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






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






44. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






45. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






46. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






47. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






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






50. Also known as Red Nose.