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Dairy Cow Industry

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1. Also known as hyperkeratosis.






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






3. State with the largest number of dairy cows.






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

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5. Naturally hornless.






6. Also known as Bovine genital Campylobacteriosis.






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






8. 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.






9. Also called gas gangrene.






10. Year Babcock Test was developed.






11. The oldest breed of dairy cattle.






12. 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.






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






14. Also known as traumatic gastritis.






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






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






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






18. PTAT






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






20. Hormone counteracts milk letdown.






21. Established colleges of agriculture in each state.






22. Unulent fever in people.






23. MUN is abbreviation for ___________?






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






25. Optinum daylight hours for maximum milk yield.






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






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






28. Most common treatment for milk fever.






29. Cause of cattle grubs.






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






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






32. Physical conformation of an animal.






33. Most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield.






34. Another name for carousel type milk barn.






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






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






37. 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.






38. Wingless - flattened insects.






39. 'Barn-itch'.






40. Hormone stimulates milk production.






41. Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow.






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






43. Common name for ruminal tymphany.






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






45. Most important type trait in a dairy cow.






46. Common name for nematodes.






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






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






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






50. Also known as acetonemia.