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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Also called gas gangrene.






2. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






3. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






5. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






7. Caused by the heel fly.






8. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






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






11. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






12. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






13. Hormone stimulates milk production.






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






15. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






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






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






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






19. Common name for nematodes.






20. Diarrhea.






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






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






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






24. Unulent fever in people.






25. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






26. Also known as Red Nose.






27. 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.






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






29. An example of a trematode.






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






31. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






32. Naturally hornless.






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






34. Parturient paresis.






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






36. Physical conformation of an animal.






37. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






39. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






40. Most common treatment for milk fever.






41. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






43. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






45. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






46. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






47. Wingless - flattened insects.






48. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






49. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






50. State with the largest number of dairy cows.