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| California, Arizona, Washington, Colorado |
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| Four of the leading states of milk in production |
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| Breed colored red/mahogany and white |
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| The dairy breed used mostly for veal and milk |
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| The dairy breed with the highest [milk] fat percentage |
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| is the dairy breed with a golden yellow color to milk |
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| The oldest breed of dairy cattle |
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| Dairy Cows Lactation and Dry Period |
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| Average milked 305 days and dried up 60 days before the next lactation |
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| Dairy Cow Unified Score Card |
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| Used by all dairy breed associations as the standard for judging and classifying cattle |
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| Main Points in Judging Dairy Cattle |
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a. Frame (15 points)
b. Dairy character (20 points)
c. Udder (40 points)
d. Feet and legs (15 points)
e. Body capacity (10 points) |
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| an infertile calf born cotwin to a bull |
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| (Acetonemia/ Hypoglycemia/Pregnancy Disease) disease characterized by excessive ketone body formation |
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| helps determine inflammation of the mammary gland [mastitis] |
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| (Bang's Disease) causes undulant fever in people |
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| a method of feeding cows aimed at finding their potential to secrete milk and used to prevent metabolic shortage in energy |
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| Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) |
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| age conversion formulas applied to milk production records of young cows to compare their milk yields with that of more mature cows |
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| also known as Paturient Paresis |
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| most common limiting nutrient for high milk yield |
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| Number of dairy cows in the United States |
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| nation with the highest-producing dairy cows |
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| World record for annual milk yield (per cow) |
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| stimulates milk secretion; mammary duct [gland] development |
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| Amount of daylight for maximum milk yield |
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| Parts blood required to pass through the udder produce one part milk |
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| temporary treatment for Displaced Abomasum |
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| (Hypodermosis) caused by the Heel Fly |
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| Zoonotic disorder that affects as many as 90 percent of dairy farms by this parasitic organism |
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| Used to determine the BF% in milk (developed in 1890) |
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| State that produces the most milk (total pounds) |
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| State with the largest number of dairy cows |
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| also known as Milking Shorthorn |
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| Disease is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin E or Se in dairy calves |
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| Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) |
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| also known as Mad Cow Disease |
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| hormone that stimulates milk letdown |
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| Bovine somatotropin (BST) |
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| stimulates an increase of up to 20 percent more milk with only 5 percent more feed |
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| An agent that destroys worms in the digestive tract is (Albendazole, Clorsulon) |
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| Chamber that connects the four teat cups to the milk line |
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| disease characterized by pneumonia or septicemia. The highest incidence occurs in animals subjected to stress |
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| (Chronic Specific Enteritis) is a disease that causes chronic diarrhea and weight loss resulting from infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis |
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| also known as bacillary hemoglobinuria |
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| stands for Certified Semen Services |
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| is caused by mycobacterium bovis |
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| Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) |
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| a viral disorder that causes lesions indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease |
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| also known as bovine genital campylobacteriosis |
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| (Infectious Keratitis, Infectious Conjuctivitis) is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis |
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| also known as gas gangrene |
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| caused by Acitnomycosis bovis |
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| Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) |
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| Most commonly used test for diagnosis of Leptospirosis in cattle. |
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| is the common name for interdigital phlegmon |
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| Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) |
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| Spores from the fatal disease can live in the soil for more than 60 years |
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| fatal protozoan disease of cattle that destroys red blood cells, causing anemia and death |
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| Normal rectal temperature of a dairy cow |
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| the mechanism that permits alternation vacuum and atmospheric pressure to exist between the teat cup liner and shell |
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| also known as traumatic gastritis |
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| Body Conditioning Score (BCS) |
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| is used to regularly evaluate where an individual cow stands in the body condition relative to the ideals for its stage of lactation. |
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| Degraded Intake Protein (DIP) |
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| Intake crude protein that is broken down by microorganisms in the rumen is called |
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| common name for Ruminal Tympany |
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| Last resort for the treatment of Ruminal Tympany |
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| Puncturing the rumen using a trocar and cannula |
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| caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet |
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| (Hypomagnesemis Tetany) is caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet |
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| Dietarycation-Anion Difference (DCADs) |
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| used to prevent Paturient Paresis |
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| Type Production Index (TPI) |
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| The Holstein Association uses this as a method of ranking bulls on their overall performance |
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| Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis |
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| Commonly known as Hairy Foot Warts |
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| is also known as Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis / Bovine Herpesvirus I (BHV-I) |
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| Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVDV) |
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| One of the most commonly diagnosed viruses in bovine abortion cases and is easily prevented with vaccination and improved sanitation |
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| wingless, flattened insects with sucking mouthparts that is parasitic on the skin of animals |
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| example of one is a Liver Fluke |
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| The two major goat-producing areas in the world |
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| State where Angora goats are located mostly within the United States |
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| Popular breed (most popular in Israel, Europe, Australia and New Zealand,) because it produces a large quantity of low-fat milk (Holstein of the dairy goat breed) |
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| Percent body weight consumption of dry matter by Goats |
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| About Five Months (approx. 145-150 days) |
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| Age Kids are weaned from milk or milk replacer |
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| Highest Mohair producing countries |
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| (South) Africa and United States |
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| type, but not a breed, of goats that produce a fine underdown |
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| Amount of mohair produced per clipping |
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| Dairy goat lactation period |
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| 305 days (same as dairy cow) |
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| from goats slaughtered at weaning or older |
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| dairy goat breed that has long, pendulant ears and produces high-butterfat milk |
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| the diary goat breed with no ears |
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| Number of Goats worldwide |
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| breed of goat that produces mohair, originated in Turkey |
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| Afghanistan, Iran, Outer Mongolia, India, and China |
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| Western Africa (Nigeria/Cameroons) |
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| The shoots, twigs, and leaves of brush plants found growing on rangeland |
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| condition in which the goat contains reproductive organs of both sexes; it is typically found when trying to breed for the polled condition |
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| Consumption of body weight per day by Kids raised on the bottle |
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| Meat goat breed from southern Africa |
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| Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) |
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| a disease that affects the central nervous system of young kids and induces heart tremors, loss of coordination, and partial paralysis. In adult goats, arthritis affects the feet and other limb joints; a hard udder is also common |
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| meat taken from young goats |
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| genetic term describing when one gene controls the phenotype of more than one trait |
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| Buck Kids age of castration |
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| 2-5 days; if not being kept for breeding |
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| Disease in goats that causes Malta fever in humans |
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| the most common type of infectious abortion in goats |
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| also known as overeating disease |
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| Highly fatal goat disorder caused by soil organism penetrating a deep puncture wound |
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| common U.S. reportable type of mange in goats |
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