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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






3. Common name for syndactylism.






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

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






6. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






7. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






8. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






9. Also called gas gangrene.






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






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






12. Year Babcock Test was developed.






13. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






14. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






15. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






16. Also known as acetonemia.






17. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






18. 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.






19. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






20. Naturally hornless.






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






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






23. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






24. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






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






28. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






30. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






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






33. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






34. Milk is actually secreted in grape-like structures called ____






35. Diarrhea.






36. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






37. Caused by the heel fly.






38. PTAT






39. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






40. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






41. Also known as Red Nose.






42. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






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






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






46. Common name for nematodes.






47. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






48. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






49. 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.






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