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Dairy Cow Industry
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1. The mammary system of a cow is divided into ___ independent parts.
BST (Bovine Somatotropin)
Israel
4
DCUS (Dairy Cow Uniform Scorecard)
2. Illawara.
Milking Shorthorn
Anaplasmosis
Bovine Herpes Infectious Virus
Displaced Abomasum
3. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.
Estrogen
CA - AZ - WA - CO
Somatic
California
4. A zoonotic disorder affecting as many as 90% of dairy farms.
Brown Swiss
Ketosis
California
Cryptosporidiosis
5. One of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation.
9 -200 -000
Hairy Foot Wart
Red Water Disease
Bovine Viral Disease
6. Common name for ruminal tymphany.
Dry
Bloat
2 -180
Malignant Edema
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.
Degraded Intake Protein
Somatic
DHI Records
Foot Rot
8. _____ and _____ are two reportable external parasites common to dairy and beef cattle.
Red Water Disease
Sarcoptic - Saroptic
Goiter
Vibriosis
9. Common name for syndactylism.
Mule Foot
Red Water Disease
Shipping Fever
Milk Fever
10. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.
Estrogen
16
Degraded Intake Protein
BST (Bovine Somatotropin)
11. Milking cows are usually milked ____ days and 'dried up' ___ days before the next lactation
Johne's
67 -914
305 - 60
Mature Equivalent
12. State producing the most milk (total pounds).
DCUS (Dairy Cow Uniform Scorecard)
California
Liver Fluke
305 - 60
13. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.
101.5
Oxytocin
Red Water Disease
Foot Rot
14. The common name for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
Trocar
Ketosis
Cattle Grubs
Mad Cow Disease
15. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.
Udders
Polled
DCUS (Dairy Cow Uniform Scorecard)
300-500
16. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.
Energy
Vibriosis
Type
Prolactin
17. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.
2 -180
Israel
Bloat
Red
18. Stiff Lamb - Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy - Caused by a defficiency of Vitamin E or Selenium in dairy calves.
White Muscle Disease
Udders: 40 % Dairy Character: 20% Frame: 15% Feet and Legs: 15% Body Capacity: 10%
Milk Fever
Hardware Disease
19. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?
Milk Fever
300-500
Predicting Transmitting Ability Trait
Lice
20. The dairy breed that is used mostly for milk and veal is _____
Guernsey
Dry
Hairy Foot Wart
Holstein
21. Period of non-lactation between two periods of lactation.
Sarcoptic - Saroptic
Energy
Dry
Brown Swiss
22. The main points of a dairy cow and their perspective points in juding are...
White Muscle Disease
101.5
Udders: 40 % Dairy Character: 20% Frame: 15% Feet and Legs: 15% Body Capacity: 10%
Hardware Disease
23. The dairy breed with a golden yellow color to its milk.
Guernsey
Dry
Brucellosis
Calcium Glucanate
24. Four of the leading states in milk production are ___ ___ __ __
Claw
Jersey
Foot Rot
CA - AZ - WA - CO
25. Tendency of two or more traits to vary in the same direction or in opposite directions due to common forces or influences.
Cattle Grubs
Myotoxins
Calcium Glucanate
Correlation
26. Caused by Actinomy bovis.
Anthrax
Tuberculosis
Pulsator
Lumpy Jaw
27. 'Barn-itch'.
Prolactin
X Disease
Mature Equivalent
Mange
28. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.
300-500
Type
Energy
Claw
29. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.
Land-Grant Act
Roundworms
Microscopic Agglutination Test
FCM (Fat Corrected Milk)
30. Test for determination of BF% in milk.
Jersey
Mule Foot
Babcock
Lumpy Jaw
31. Wingless - flattened insects.
Hardware Disease
9 -200 -000
Red Water Disease
Lice
32. Most common treatment for milk fever.
9 -200 -000
Tuberculosis
Calcium Glucanate
Estrogen
33. Number of dairy cows in the United States.
16
Foot Rot
9 -200 -000
Barrel Heart Girth
34. The ____ is used by all dairy cattle breed associations as the standard for judging and classifying cattle
Somatic
Oxytocin
AI
DCUS (Dairy Cow Uniform Scorecard)
35. Diarrhea.
4
Barrel Heart Girth
Scours
Jersey
36. Mechanism that permits alternating vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exit between the teat cup liner and shell.
Pulsator
Body Conditioning Score
Myotoxins
1890
37. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.
Ketosis
Jersey
Energy
Land-Grant Act
38. Cause of cattle grubs.
Roundworms
Heel Fly
Land-Grant Act
300-500
39. A chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk line.
Claw
Mule Foot
Freemartin
Bloat
40. Viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease.
Vesicular Stromatitis
Babcock
Mule Foot
BST (Bovine Somatotropin)
41. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.
Displaced Abomasum
Hardware Disease
Challenge
101.5
42. 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.
Sickle
Mule Foot
Rotary
Holstein
43. Spores from this fatal disease can live in the soil for more than 60 years.
2 -180
Type Production Index
Anthrax
DHI Records
44. Parts blood must pass through the udder to produce milk.
300-500
Goiter
Land-Grant Act
Ketosis
45. PTAT
BST (Bovine Somatotropin)
Milk Fever
Udders
Predicting Transmitting Ability Trait
46. Also known as acetonemia.
Mad Cow Disease
Challenge
Babcock
Ketosis
47. Intake protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen.
Goiter
Degraded Intake Protein
101.5
Epinephrine
48. The circumference of the body just back of the shoulders. Used to estimate body weight.
Polled
Barrel Heart Girth
X Disease
305 - 60
49. Also known as hyperkeratosis.
Mad Cow Disease
Trocar
X Disease
Holstein
50. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.
Type
BST (Bovine Somatotropin)
Hairy Foot Wart
Somatic