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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Feed
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Swollen hock
Vibriosis
2. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
Prussic acid poisoning
Hormones
Nonfat Dry Milk
Administered under the skin
3. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Rear feet and legs
Clipping and singeing
20-30%
High % of water
4. Name the three common places Coliforms are found.
Pink eye
Mud - water - and manure
Dairy character
Sole
5. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
3.0
10 days
Citrate
6. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Brown Swiss
Disbudding
Progesterone
7. 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?
Water
Claw
Plate chiller
Small intestine
8. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
Holstein
Faster
Abomasum
75%
9. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
MyDairy
Animal Improvement Program Lab
60 days
Milk fever
10. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Leukocytes
Brucellosis
1
Total Mixed Ration
11. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Modified Live Virus
50-70
12. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
During the first pregnancy
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Listeria
9%
13. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Symbiotic
Commodity Credit Corporation
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.
Feed
14. A free martin is considered a...
Guernsey
Methane
40/60
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
15. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Calories
Cheddar cheese
Plate chiller
Between 14 and 35 days
16. What is the hormone that causes Uterine contractions to assist in parturition?
Oxytocin
10%
Corpus Luteum
Rolling Herd Average
17. Fresh milk - at a dairy - is required to be cooled to a minimum of 50 degrees F within 4 hours time after milking. However many larger dairies are using a _______________ to accomplish this within minutes.
Guernsey
Plate chiller
300 + degree
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
18. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
Brucellosis
Mammals
Propionic acid
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
19. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
Progesterone
Large Plastic Bags
Mycobacterium bovis
High % of water
20. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
90-100
62 to 65% moisture
Good plus
Enteritis
21. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
Plate chiller
XY
50 percent
Reticulum
22. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?
62 to 65% moisture
3.5-4.0
Retained placenta
Dairy Comp 305
23. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?
400 pounds
Pink eye
National Farmers Organization
30 hours
24. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Digital Dermatitis
Rolling Herd Average
Carbon Dioxide Gas
NAtional Research Council
25. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
Mud - water - and manure
Recessive
Duodenum
Cystic
26. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
Extremely fat
Brown Swiss
Dished
80
27. Almost 95% of the dairy cows in the U.S. are...
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.
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Holstein
Integrated pest management
28. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
400‐500 gallons
Pasteurizing system
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
National Milk Producers Federation
29. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
Zinc
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
50
1957
30. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Sire conception rate
Loin and chine
Abomasum
12-14 weeks
31. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
3.5-4.0
25 gallons
Abomasum
5
32. How frequently should an average freshen?
Attract the opposite sex
2.25
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Once every 12 months
33. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Escherichia coli
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Milk fever
Bone calcium
34. The circulatory system of a dairy cow is very important to milk production. A dairy cow must circulate about _________ of blood for each pound of milk produced.
Plate chiller
Digital Dermatitis
400 pounds
Zinc
35. PTAT
Flank
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Udder
Brown Swiss
36. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
50 percent
Oxytocin
Cation-Anion Difference
Hardware disease
37. Where are non-degradable proteins absorbed?
45-55
Guernsey
70% moisture
Small Intestine
38. Cows that are at risk of developing ketosis can be fed what vitamin to help prevent ketosis?
Dished
Listeria
Niacin
Copper sulfate
39. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
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.
Esophageal groove
Lactose intolerance
Hardware disease
40. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Abomasum
40 gallons
PGF
41. Fresh milk - at a dairy - is required to be cooled to a minimum of 50 degrees F within 4 hours time after milking. However many larger dairies are using a _______________ to accomplish this within minutes.
50 percent
70% moisture
Symbiotic
Plate chiller
42. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
International Dairy Foods Associactions
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Clipping and singeing
Listeria
43. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Body weight
Jersey
Energy
44. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
Vitamin A
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
45. What percent of milk is water?
Guernsey and Jersey
87%
Subclinical
Administered under the skin
46. EU
20-30%
European Union
Cryoscope
Large Plastic Bags
47. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Hardware disease
Loin and chine
Relative Forage Value
Fat
48. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
5-9 years old
Flank
Oxytocin
Large intestines
49. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
Bone calcium
Copper sulfate
Back flushing
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
50. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
14 days
Cheddar cheese
Neutral Detergent Fiber
1957