Diseases
The most costly disease in dairy herds
What is mastitis?
This is the standard place to compare the height of two cows
What is the withers?
This state has the most farms
What is Wisconsin?
This stomach compartment collects hardware
What is the reticulum?
A common goal is that a cow should calve every how many months
What is 12 to 15 months?
Occurs after calving because of the increased demand for calcium
What is milk fever?
The most points in this category are given to movement
What is rear feet and legs?
This state produces the most milk
What is California?
This stomach compartment functions like a human’s
What is the abomasum?
Hormone that maintains pregnancy
What is progestrone?
The biggest animal welfare concern of dairy cattle
What is laminitis?
This category has the lowest weight with 15%
What is frame?
This state hosts the National Intercollegiate Dairy Judging Contest
What is Wisconsin?
Another name for the food pipe
What is the esophagus?
This links the embryo to the placenta
What is the navel cord or umbilical cord?
This disease is caused by a magnesium deficiency from grazing lush pastures during early spring
What is grass tetany?
This is the trait with the most points in the Udder category
What is udder depth?
This state tends to have the highest somatic cell count
What is Florida?
This stomach compartment has papillae
What is the rumen?
Where the muscular rings are found
What is the cervix?
This disorder is caused by feeding too much salt or potassium before calving
What is udder edema?
This trait under Dairy Strength can be described as wide apart, flat, deep, and slanted towards the rear
What is ribs?
This state had the most milk per cow
What is Michigan?
The tubes that carry the egg to the uterus
What is the oviduct or fallopian tube?
Making exact copies of the same embryo or genes
What is nuclear transfer or cloning?