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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
45-55
Increase - 5
Guernsey
Prussic acid poisoning
2. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
Mule-foot
10 days
Preparing cows properly
Milk on Demand
3. Milking time is best reduced by...
Faster
Preparing cows properly
10%
Holstein
4. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
Increase - 5
Claw
20 to 24
A B-Vitamin
5. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
4 years
Cryoscope
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ringworm
6. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
Longer than 1.5 inches
Dairy Comp 305
United States Dairy Export Council
During the first pregnancy
7. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Carbon Dioxide Gas
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Two times
62 to 65% moisture
8. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
Fat residue
In the cell wall
5000000
Rear feet and legs
9. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
Modified Live Virus
Cryoscope
2.25
Limber leg
10. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?
20 to 24
Lignin
Fat
Guernsey
11. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Cystic
Bovine Somatotropin
75%
Jersey
12. How many days after parturition should you wait before breeding a cow back?
Lignin
60 days
Jersey
30%
13. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Two
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Foreign Agricultural Service
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
14. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Milk fever
Bangs
Administered via blood vessels
Clipping and singeing
15. Where are non-degradable proteins absorbed?
Limber leg
Oxytocin
Blind quarter
Small Intestine
16. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
25-30
Income over feed costs
Guernsey
Copper sulfate
17. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Basic Formula Price
Zinc
Cheddar
18. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Sodium Bicarbonate
PH 4.6
Guernsey
Fat residue
19. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Net Energy
16-18
Ringworm
Jersey
20. Recent research traits have shown that dairy cows prefer to be milked __________ times/day if they are able to choose.
Bone calcium
Four or more times
80
6 hours
21. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
A B-Vitamin
300 + degree
A minimum of every 6 months
Plate chiller
22. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?
A minimum of every 6 months
After each use
MyDairy
12-14 weeks
23. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?
30 hours
Twelve
Cheese
Jersey
24. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
25-30
18
Total Digestible Nutrients
75-79.9
25. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Manure handling procedures
Drug residue
Cheddar
10
26. What is the USDA's AIPL?
50-70
Citrate
1957
Animal Improvement Program Lab
27. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
80
Vitamin A
28. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Water
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
29. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Lactose intolerance
Duodenum
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
30. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
North American Free Trade Agreement
14 days
Negative net energy balance
Transponders
31. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
Bangs
Listeria
40/60
32. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
20 to 24
Poll
Sire conception rate
Twice/day
33. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Foreign Agricultural Service
30 hours
Brown Swiss
34. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
During the first pregnancy
Small intestine
400 pounds
Listeria
35. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
Methane
Carbon Dioxide Gas
.39%
36. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Blind quarter
Drug residue
Calories
Parturient paresis
37. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Jersey
Solids removal
Streptococus agalactae
50 percent
38. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
Jersey
305 days
16-18
1
39. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Vibriosis
Feed
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
40. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?
Nitrogen
20
PH 4.6
Rolling Herd Average
41. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
Cryoscope
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
3.0
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
42. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
Guernsey
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Modified Live Virus
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
43. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
14 days
Drug residue
Back flushing
Heat detection and conception rates
44. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
A B-Vitamin
During the first pregnancy
5000000
8.62 pounds
45. What is intravenous injection?
Good plus
No less than 60% moisture
24 hours
Administered via blood vessels
46. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?
Esophageal groove
Two
Niacin
400‐500 gallons
47. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Brucellosis
Brown Swiss
Milk on Demand
Udder
48. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Two weeks prior to calving
Modified Live Virus
Mycotoxins
1957
49. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...
Pasteurizing system
Mycotoxins
24
Composting
50. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
62 to 65% moisture
25%
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Fat residue