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Dairy Cow Industry

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






2. Illawara.






3. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






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






6. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






7. 'Barn-itch'.






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






9. Unulent fever in people.






10. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






11. An example of a trematode.






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






13. Naturally hornless.






14. Physical conformation of an animal.






15. 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.






16. PTAT






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






18. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






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






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






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






22. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






23. Common name for syndactylism.






24. Also known as Red Nose.






25. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






26. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






27. Diarrhea.






28. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






30. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






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






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






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

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






37. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






40. Parturient paresis.






41. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






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






43. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






44. 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.






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






46. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






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






49. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






50. Syndactylism.