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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Parturient paresis.






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






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






4. The main points of a dairy cow and their perspective points in juding are...






5. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






6. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






8. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






10. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






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






13. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






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






16. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






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






19. Physical conformation of an animal.






20. Unulent fever in people.






21. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






22. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






24. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






25. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






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






28. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






30. Diarrhea.






31. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






32. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






33. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






35. Common name for nematodes.






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






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






38. Most common treatment for milk fever.






39. An example of a trematode.






40. CSS stands for.






41. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






42. 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.






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






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






45. Caused by the heel fly.






46. PTAT






47. Also known as Red Nose.






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






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






50. 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.