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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






3. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






4. Physical conformation of an animal.






5. Also called gas gangrene.






6. Hormone stimulates an increase of up to 20% more milk with only 5% more feed.






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






8. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






9. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






10. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






11. Year Babcock Test was developed.






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






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






14. Cause of cattle grubs.






15. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






16. Used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in body condition relative to the ideals for her stage in lactation.






17. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






18. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






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






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






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






23. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






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






25. CSS stands for.






26. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






27. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






29. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






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






31. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






32. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






33. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






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






36. Caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet.






37. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






38. An example of a trematode.






39. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






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






41. 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.






42. Also known as acetonemia.






43. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






44. Caused by the heel fly.






45. Illawara.






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






47. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






48. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






49. 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.






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