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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. PTAT






2. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






5. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






6. Common name for syndactylism.






7. 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.






8. Syndactylism.






9. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






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






12. Also known as acetonemia.






13. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






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






16. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






17. Common name for nematodes.






18. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






20. Caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet.






21. 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.






22. Unulent fever in people.






23. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






24. Caused by the heel fly.






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






26. Cause of cattle grubs.






27. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






29. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






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






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






33. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






34. Year Babcock Test was developed.






35. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






36. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






37. Wingless - flattened insects.






38. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






39. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






40. Diarrhea.






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






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






43. An example of a trematode.






44. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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. Parturient paresis.






48. 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.






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






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