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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Caused by the heel fly.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Metabolic Disease characterized by accessive ketone body formation.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Year Babcock Test was developed.






14. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






15. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






16. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






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






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






19. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






20. Hormone Stimulates milk letdown.






21. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






22. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






24. Also known as Red Nose.






25. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






26. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






27. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






29. Common name for nematodes.






30. Naturally hornless.






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






32. Parts blood must pass through the udder to produce milk.






33. 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.






34. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






35. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






37. Molds which develop on feed producing toxins.






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






39. Also called gas gangrene.






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






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






42. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






43. Wingless - flattened insects.






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






45. Illawara.






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






47. 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.






48. Test for determination of BF% in milk.






49. Also known as acetonemia.






50. Recommended method for dairy cattle.