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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






3. Common name for syndactylism.






4. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






5. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






6. Caused by the heel fly.






7. Also known as acetonemia.






8. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






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






11. 'Barn-itch'.






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






13. An example of a trematode.






14. Unulent fever in people.






15. Syndactylism.






16. PTAT






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






18. 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.






19. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






20. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






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






23. Naturally hornless.






24. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






26. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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






28. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






29. The dairy breed that is used mostly for milk and veal is _____






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






31. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






32. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






33. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






34. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






35. One of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation.






36. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






37. Parturient paresis.






38. Casting is used as a temporary treatment of this disorder.






39. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






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






42. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






43. Spores from this fatal disease can live in the soil for more than 60 years.






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






45. Diarrhea.






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






47. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






49. Physical conformation of an animal.






50. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.