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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Carbon
25-30
72
2. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Longer than 1.5 inches
Nonfat Dry Milk
United States Dairy Export Council
Transponders
3. NMPF
35 to 40%
30%
National Milk Producers Federation
Copper
4. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
40/60
Vitamin K
Faster
Udder
5. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
50-70
4 years
Mycotoxins
Methane
6. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
Stainless steel
14 days
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
25 gallons
7. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
Hormones
Cystic
50
A positively charged ion
8. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Left side of the body
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
75-79.9
Dished
9. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Two times
North American Free Trade Agreement
Solids removal
30%
10. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
45-55
After 200 days of lactation
Roughage
5
11. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Post-synch
Very good
Guernsey and Jersey
Energy
12. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
87%
Once every 12 months
12-14 weeks
4 years
13. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Drug residue
Parturient paresis
40 degrees F
Composting
14. A dairy cow that has her feet too far forward (under her belly) is said to be...
Sickle hocked
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Small intestine
Niacin
15. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
Large Plastic Bags
Two
Plate chiller
Leukocytes
16. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
Pasteurizing system
40 gallons
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
8.62 pounds
17. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
Brown Swiss
20 to 24
Modified Live Virus
Cheddar cheese
18. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
50-70
Mastitis
Twice/day
Mule-foot
19. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
Total Production Index
Manure handling procedures
Udder
90-100
20. NMPF
National Farmers Organization
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Brown Swiss
National Milk Producers Federation
21. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Mycotoxins
Integrated pest management
22. FSA
Parathyroid gland
Two weeks prior to calving
Farm Service Agency
Cystic
23. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Bone calcium
10
Jersey
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
24. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Citrate
Total Production Index
25. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
Left side of the body
Oxytocin
60 days
.39%
26. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
Corpus Luteum
Transponders
Foreign Agricultural Service
Methane
27. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
75-79.9
50-80%
Cheddar cheese
Progesterone
28. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
Foreign Agricultural Service
Niacin
Solids removal
Restraint and control of the animal
29. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Pulsator
Registered Holstein Ancestry
30. BST is the acronym for what compound?
Bovine Somatotropin
80
2:1
Dished
31. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
300 + degree
High-producing pregnant cows
Two times
32. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Cheddar
Cation-Anion Difference
MyDairy
Hardware disease
33. FSIS
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
30 hours
60 days
Food safety and Inspection Service
34. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
Attract the opposite sex
305 days
8.62 pounds
Brucellosis
35. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Arteries
Urea
20
36. This vitamin plays a role in the coagulation of blood...
60 days
25
Chine
Vitamin K
37. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
Zinc
750000
Hormones
Recessive
38. Milking time is best reduced by...
Preparing cows properly
Post-synch
Bovine Somatotropin
72
39. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
750000
Udder
Brown Swiss
Enteritis
40. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Dairy Comp 305
Energy
Back flushing
10
41. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
By dividing the total amount of milk produced in the past 365 days by the total number of cow years in the herd last year.
% Protein
40/60
42. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Twice/day
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Propionic acid
Total Digestible Nutrients
43. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
Vibriosis
Rumen and reticulum
Jersey
14 days
44. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
Listeria
Lactose intolerance
XY
45. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
85
Bone calcium
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
100
46. The rumen of a cow is located...
Left side of the body
Administered via blood vessels
24
40/60
47. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
60 days
45-55
North American Free Trade Agreement
75-79.9
48. Dairy cows produce milk that is relatively high in B complex vitamins. Because they are ruminants...
Sodium
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Carbon
Pulsator
49. Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (BPDME) is better known as Weaver Syndrome because of...
Milking Shorthorn
Citrate
Guernsey and Jersey
The weaving gait of affected cattle
50. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Commodity Credit Corporation
Sole
Feeding the cow
Parturient paresis