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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






3. Wingless - flattened insects.






4. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






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






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






9. An example of a trematode.






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






11. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






13. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






14. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






15. Caused by a deficiency of Mg in the diet.






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






17. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






19. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






21. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






22. Illawara.






23. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






24. Also known as acetonemia.






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






26. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






28. Naturally hornless.






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






30. Unulent fever in people.






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






32. Is the nation with the highest producing dairy cows.






33. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






35. PTAT






36. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






37. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






38. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






39. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






40. Common name for syndactylism.






41. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






42. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






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






45. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






47. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






48. 'Barn-itch'.






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






50. Hormone stimulates milk production.