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Dairy Cow Industry

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






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






3. 'Barn-itch'.






4. The dairy breed with the highest fat percentage.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Cows are usually rebred at ___ days after breeding






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






14. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






15. Uses DCADS to minimize incidence of _______?






16. Also known as Bacillary hemoglobinuria.






17. Illawara.






18. Hormone stimulates mammary duct development.






19. The Ayrshire breed is colored ____ and white.






20. Syndactylism.






21. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






22. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






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

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25. Also called gas gangrene.






26. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






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






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






30. Common name for interdigital phlegmon.






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






32. Caused by Actinomy bovis.






33. Agent which destroys worms in digestive tract.






34. Year Babcock Test was developed.






35. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






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






37. Common name for infectious bovine keratonconjuctivitis.






38. Common name for nematodes.






39. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






41. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






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






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






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






45. Number of dairy cows in the United States.






46. Naturally hornless.






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






49. PTAT






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