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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
Vitamin A
Cheddar
Streptococus agalactae
Extremely fat
2. One form of biological pest management is a predator insect - that can be bought and released to help control flies at a dairy. Which of these is NOT true about these predators...
20
Silage
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
3.5-4.0
3. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
Bangs
Poor
4 years
5
4. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
Extremely fat
Beta-carotene
Administered under the skin
Rear feet and legs
5. What units are used to measure energy?
Calories
72
Feeding the cow
Brown Swiss
6. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?
Milk on Demand
North American Free Trade Agreement
Total Digestible Nutrients
Clipping and singeing
7. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
Parathyroid gland
Inguinal
30
After each use
8. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
Feed
10%
282 days
Alfalfa and Clover
9. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
Follicular and luteal
Hardware disease
Roughage
Stainless steel
10. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
20000000
Lignin
Holstein
14 days
11. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...
6 hours
Copper
Milking Shorthorn
Rump
12. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
Bone calcium
72
Sodium
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
13. CCC
Brown Swiss
Commodity Credit Corporation
Two times
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
14. USAHA
.39%
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
A positively charged ion
You S Animal Health Association
15. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
Solids removal
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
The bottom most part of the tail
30
16. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
4 years
Subclinical
XY
Carbon
17. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
Flank
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Reproductive failure
18. Milking time is best reduced by...
Preparing cows properly
50 percent
24
Vitamin B
19. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
It has a lower vacuum requirement
8.62 pounds
Water
Arteries
20. The typical lactation curve shows a dairy cow reaching her peak production about ________days into the lactation cycle.
305 days
60 days
50-70
Abomasum
21. What stomach compartments are not developed in a newborn calf?
Rumen and reticulum
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Escherichia coli
Parathyroid gland
22. GnRH
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Attract the opposite sex
Calories
23. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
Rumen and reticulum
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
85
A minimum of every 6 months
24. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Cheese
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Udder
Bangs
25. NMPF
Feed
Lignin
National Milk Producers Federation
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
26. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
The weaving gait of affected cattle
GTPI
Plate chiller
27. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Propionic acid
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Rolling Herd Average
28. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
400‐500 gallons
Swollen hock
Rolling Herd Average
29. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Sodium Bicarbonate
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Back flushing
30. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?
Mammals
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Left side of the body
Lignin
31. How many days after parturition should you wait before breeding a cow back?
Beta-carotene
60 days
Escherichia coli
3.0
32. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
305 days
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
20 to 24
12-14 weeks
33. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
The bottom most part of the tail
After each use
Farm Service Agency
Mycobacterium bovis
34. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Pulsator
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Mycobacterium bovis
90-100
35. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Between 6.0 and 6.5
62 to 65% moisture
9 weeks
36. A disease causing air bubbles under the skin and usually results in rapid death is __________.
Claw
Black leg
During the first pregnancy
400 pounds
37. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
Increase - 5
Enteritis
Copper
Longer than 1.5 inches
38. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
A positively charged ion
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Abomasum
To give birth
39. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Carbon
Once every 12 months
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Animal Improvement Program Lab
40. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
PH 4.6
Potassium
Citrate
Jersey
41. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Udder
Vibriosis
Jersey
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
42. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
6 hours
1957
Two times
Bovine Somatotropin
43. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
2.25
10
Guernsey
Rolling Herd Average
44. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
Interdigital phlegmon
Holstein
16-18
Between 28 to 30 days
45. FARAD
Sodium Bicarbonate
15 months
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Recessive
46. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Interdigital phlegmon
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Symbiotic
Rolling Herd Average
47. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Omasum
Back flushing
Follicle stimulating hormone
70%
48. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
Laminitis
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Cheese
400 pounds
49. Cows that are at risk of developing ketosis can be fed what vitamin to help prevent ketosis?
Holstein
5-9 years old
Income over feed costs
Niacin
50. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
Cheddar
300 + degree
Water
24