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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Caused by the heel fly.






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






3. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






5. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






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






7. Most common treatment for milk fever.






8. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






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






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






12. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






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






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






16. Physical conformation of an animal.






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






18. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. Common name for nematodes.






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






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






26. Also known as Red Nose.






27. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






29. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






30. Diarrhea.






31. Recommended method for dairy cattle.






32. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






33. Caused by Mycobacterium bovis.






34. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






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






36. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






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






39. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






41. Common name for papillomatous digital dermatitis.






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






43. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






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






47. Also known as acetonemia.






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






49. Hormone stimulates milk production.






50. Year Babcock Test was developed.