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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. CSS stands for.






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






3. Also known as acetonemia.






4. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






10. Naturally hornless.






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






12. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






14. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






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






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






18. Illawara.






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






20. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






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






22. PTAT






23. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






24. An example of a trematode.






25. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






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






27. Physical conformation of an animal.






28. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






29. Also known as Red Nose.






30. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






31. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






32. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






34. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






35. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






38. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






39. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






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






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






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. 'Barn-itch'.






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






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






46. Unulent fever in people.






47. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






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






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