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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Feeding the cow
Registered Holstein Ancestry
24 hours
Dished
2. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Clipping and singeing
Mastitis
Prussic acid poisoning
3. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
After 55 days
Very good
Administered via blood vessels
Follicle stimulating hormone
4. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
12-14 weeks
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
300 + degree
The weaving gait of affected cattle
5. If there are large numbers of flies around the dairy barn - what should be the first thing to be examined in an attempt to solve the fly problem?
Manure handling procedures
Fats
5
Mycotoxins
6. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Longer than 1.5 inches
Dairy Comp 305
Negative net energy balance
Animal Improvement Program Lab
7. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
You S Animal Health Association
25 gallons
Mastitis
Administered under the skin
8. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Rear feet and legs
Milk on Demand
Hardware disease
Cation-Anion Difference
9. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
Niacin
Extremely fat
1
72
10. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?
Food safety and Inspection Service
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
50-80%
Good plus
11. A free martin is considered a...
Citrate
Negative net energy balance
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
12. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Copper sulfate
8.62 pounds
Limber leg
Clipping and singeing
13. What percent of milk is water?
Flank
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
87%
Progesterone
14. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Sickle hocked
Niacin
Swollen hock
Listeria
15. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Poor
Silage
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Mud - water - and manure
16. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
Cheddar cheese
Holstein
Brucellosis
750000
17. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
Copper
2.25
282 days
Mycobacterium bovis
18. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?
Twelve
Black leg
12-14 weeks
Follicular and luteal
19. HTST is a ______________
60
High % of water
Pasteurizing system
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
20. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
Sire conception rate
Feeding the cow
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
3 years
21. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Abomasum
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Rumen
22. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
Milking Shorthorn
40 gallons
Rumen
Carbon Dioxide Gas
23. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Side by side (head out)
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
50-70
Holstein
24. What percent of the cows feed intake is consumed during the daylight hours?
Jersey
1
70%
Cheddar
25. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
Nonprotein nitrogen
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Vitamin K
8.62 pounds
26. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
Vibriosis
Retained placenta
MyDairy
18
27. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?
3.0
Cheddar cheese
5
100%
28. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
Large Plastic Bags
Jersey
9%
Heat detection and conception rates
29. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
Cheddar cheese
To add a concentrated form of energy
Total Production Index
14 days
30. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
100
Duodenum
NAtional Research Council
101.5 degrees F
31. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
Lignin
Methane
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
5-9 years old
32. GATT
Rolling Herd Average
Very good
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Laminitis
33. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
PH 4.6
After 55 days
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
34. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Abomasum
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Two times
35. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
1
Mycobacterium bovis
36. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
80
Mastitis
Enteritis
16-18
37. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
Four or more times
Reticulum
Bone calcium
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
38. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Cystic
10
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Hardware disease
39. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Pink eye
5-9 years old
Animal Improvement Program Lab
40. When sanitizing milking equipment with water - the temperature must be a minimum of 170 degrees F and the utensils are to be under the flow of water for ____________ minute(s).
Brown Swiss
Administered under the skin
Animal Improvement Program Lab
5
41. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Two times
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Decreases - increases
Income over feed costs
42. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Extremely fat
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Progesterone
43. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
Reproductive failure
Nitrogen excretion
9 weeks
Magnesium
44. FSA
45-55
Farm Service Agency
% Degradable proteins
Jersey
45. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Copper sulfate
Limber leg
46. NRC
15 months
Udder
60 days
NAtional Research Council
47. NMPF
Calcium
National Milk Producers Federation
35 to 40%
Oxytocin
48. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
Small intestine
10
Epinephrine
5-9 years old
49. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Citrate
The bottom most part of the tail
No less than 60% moisture
Parathyroid gland
50. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
European Union
9%
Udder
Cryoscope