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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (BPDME) is better known as Weaver Syndrome because of...
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Fat residue
70%
Dairy Comp 305

2. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?
Hardware disease
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Brown Swiss
Twelve

3. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
9 weeks
% Protein
Post-synch
A negatively charged ion

4. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Extremely fat
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
A minimum of every 6 months

5. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
Total Mixed Ration
Back flushing
Sodium
Flank

6. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?
Urea
Drug residue
XY
Farm Service Agency

7. NRC
70%
Claw
NAtional Research Council
400 pounds

8. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Esophageal groove
Small intestine
Premis ID
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar

9. What is a cation?
282 days
Cystic
A positively charged ion
Guernsey

10. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...
Cystic
Large Plastic Bags
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Rump

11. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Nonfat Dry Milk
6 hours
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Streptococus agalactae

12. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
Jersey
Twelve
Cation-Anion Difference
Large Plastic Bags

13. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
Vibriosis
Pulsator
Inguinal
Water

14. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?
Total Digestible Nutrients
Good plus
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Mycobacterium bovis

15. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Feed
Urea
To give birth
Udder

16. Which of the following is a compartment of the dairy cow's stomach?
Calcium
Plate chiller
Foreign Agricultural Service
Abomasum

17. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Copper
To give birth
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Abomasum

18. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Between 28 to 30 days
Preparing cows properly
Small Intestine

19. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
Pasteurizing system
101.5 degrees F
Corpus Luteum
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy

20. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
North American Free Trade Agreement
Mule-foot
400‐500 gallons
Interdigital phlegmon

21. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Restraint and control of the animal
During the first pregnancy
Between 14 and 35 days
Integrated pest management

22. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Dairy character
Stainless steel
Disbudding
24 hours

23. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
3.5-4.0
25-30
35 to 40%
Cation-Anion Difference

24. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
International Dairy Foods Associactions
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Zinc

25. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
8.62 pounds
Jersey
Bone calcium
Milking Shorthorn

26. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?
Lignin
Calories
Potassium
101.5 degrees F

27. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Prussic acid poisoning
24 hours
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Post-synch

28. NFDM
Nonfat Dry Milk
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Disbudding
Increase - 5

29. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______
Feeding the cow
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Decreases - increases
30%

30. Which of the following is a compartment of the dairy cow's stomach?
Abomasum
20
14 days
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days

31. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Income over feed costs
Restraint and control of the animal
Stainless steel
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%

32. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
National Milk Producers Federation
Abomasum
Manure handling procedures
Carbon

33. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Brown Swiss
Back flushing
Inguinal

34. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Abomasum
20000000
Hardware disease
75%

35. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Calcium
Abomasum
Potassium
Bovine Viral Diarrhea

36. Cows treated with BST typically show an increase in milk production of...
Guernsey
10%
Brucellosis
Administered under the skin

37. Fermented forage plants relates to...
5-9 years old
Administered via blood vessels
Silage
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank

38. What stomach compartments are not developed in a newborn calf?
30%
Rumen and reticulum
85
Mammals

39. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
Clipping and singeing
Prussic acid poisoning
50-80%
Epinephrine

40. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
40 degrees F
Cryoscope
Corpus Luteum
Enteritis

41. 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__________.
A minimum of every 6 months
Lignin
72
Holstein

42. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Foreign Agricultural Service
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.
Zinc
Body weight

43. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
Body weight
Chine
PGF
1957

44. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...
Bone calcium
50 percent
Feeding the cow
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar

45. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
3.0
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

46. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
.39%
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
60
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character

47. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
2.25
Twice/day
Carbon Dioxide Gas
A negatively charged ion

48. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Bone calcium
Rear feet and legs
Mammals

49. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...
Feeding the cow
% Protein
Mammals
Interdigital phlegmon

50. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
Escherichia coli
Guernsey
During the first pregnancy
Commodity Credit Corporation

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