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Dairy Cattle Basics

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?






2. Where are degradable proteins broken down?






3. A switch on a cow is...






4. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.






5. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.






6. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?






7. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...






8. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?






9. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?






10. What is a TMR to a dairy person?






11. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency






12. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?






13. Fermented forage plants relates to...






14. HTST is a ______________






15. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?






16. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?






17. When compared to normal corn silage - brown mid-rib corn silage has more energy and high digestibility. This is due largely to its lower content of__________.






18. Milking time is best reduced by...






19. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?






20. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?






21. What units are used to measure energy?






22. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.






23. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?






24. One form of biological pest management is a predator insect - that can be bought and released to help control flies at a dairy. Which of these is NOT true about these predators...






25. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...






26. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?






27. FAS






28. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?






29. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?






30. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?






31. Coccidia infection can occur when calves are 4 to 8 weeks old. Coccidia causes...






32. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.






33. What is lactogenesis?






34. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?






35. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?






36. What units are used to measure energy?






37. The most costly form of mastitis is?






38. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...






39. When looking at DHI records - what do the letters RHA stand for?






40. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?






41. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?






42. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?






43. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...






44. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...






45. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.






46. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...






47. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?






48. NAFTA






49. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.






50. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.