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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Also known as Red Nose.






2. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






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






4. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






5. Most common treatment for milk fever.






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






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






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






16. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






17. Unulent fever in people.






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






19. Diarrhea.






20. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






22. Common name for nematodes.






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






24. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






26. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






27. Adjustment of milk with different fat percentages to equivalent amounts on an energy basis.






28. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






29. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






30. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






32. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






34. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






37. Year Babcock Test was developed.






38. Physical conformation of an animal.






39. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






41. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






42. An example of a trematode.






43. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






44. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






46. 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.






47. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






49. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






50. State with the largest number of dairy cows.