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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






2. 'Barn-itch'.






3. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






4. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






5. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






6. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






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






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






9. Parturient paresis.






10. Cause of cattle grubs.






11. CSS stands for.






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






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






14. Also known as Red Nose.






15. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






16. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






18. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






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






21. Most common treatment for milk fever.






22. Common name for nematodes.






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






24. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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

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






27. Wingless - flattened insects.






28. Unulent fever in people.






29. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






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






32. Physical conformation of an animal.






33. Naturally hornless.






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






35. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of this disorder.






36. Used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for her stage in lactation.






37. Syndactylism.






38. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






39. 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.






40. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






42. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






44. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






46. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






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






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