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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






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






4. CSS stands for.






5. Illawara.






6. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






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






9. Also known as acetonemia.






10. Physical conformation of an animal.






11. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






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






14. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






16. Diarrhea.






17. Syndactylism.






18. Parturient paresis.






19. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






21. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






22. Disease causing chronic diarrhea - weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

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23. Year Babcock Test was developed.






24. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






25. Naturally hornless.






26. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






27. Also known as Red Nose.






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Also called gas gangrene.






33. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






34. 'Barn-itch'.






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






36. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






37. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






38. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






39. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






41. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






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






44. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






47. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






48. PTAT






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






50. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?