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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. In the ruminant digestive system - which to the following is the name of first section of the small intestine that is connected to the abomasum?
10 days
Follicle stimulating hormone
Duodenum
1

2. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
Milk fever
Reproductive failure
Holstein
12-14 weeks

3. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Swollen hock
Feed
To give birth

4. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Retained placenta
Hardware disease
5
Carbon

5. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
Rear feet and legs
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
To add a concentrated form of energy
Omasum

6. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Copper
Dairy character
Between 6.0 and 6.5
After 200 days of lactation

7. USAHA
When it is proven that she will breed
30%
You S Animal Health Association
Solids removal

8. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Cheese
Large intestines
Decreases - increases
Neutral Detergent Fiber

9. Many dairymen 'dock' the tail on their cows much to the chagrin of Animals Rights groups. They believe This is necessary to...
Integrated pest management
Two times
Laminitis
Reduce the incidence of mastitis

10. NRC
14 days
40 gallons
NAtional Research Council
Beta-carotene

11. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
Fat
After 200 days of lactation
Direct Microscopic Counts
3.5-4.0

12. A switch on a cow is...
Esophageal groove
Epinephrine
The bottom most part of the tail
Follicular and luteal

13. Recent research traits have shown that dairy cows prefer to be milked __________ times/day if they are able to choose.
Fat residue
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Recessive
Four or more times

14. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
10%
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Escherichia coli
Flank

15. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Guernsey and Jersey
Feeding the cow
Displaced abomasum
Good plus

16. Recent research traits have shown that dairy cows prefer to be milked __________ times/day if they are able to choose.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Rolling Herd Average
Four or more times
Basic Formula Price

17. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
Large Plastic Bags
Sodium Bicarbonate
Abomasum
Oxytocin

18. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Jersey
18
Increase - 5

19. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...
Cheddar
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
5
Brown Swiss

20. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...
305 days
High % of water
Listeria
1957

21. What units are used to measure energy?
Calories
Follicular and luteal
Small intestine
Epinephrine

22. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Copper
Bone calcium
100

23. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Beta-carotene
Holstein
72
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.

24. 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
12-14 weeks
Reproductive failure
80

25. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
50
101.5 degrees F
Guernsey
NAtional Research Council

26. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...
Arteries
8.62 pounds
Vitamin K
5

27. What is lactogenesis?
20
The initiation of milk secretion
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Basic Formula Price

28. PTAT
Recessive
Reticulum
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Fats

29. If there are large numbers of flies around the dairy barn - what should be the first thing to be examined in an attempt to solve the fly problem?
Manure handling procedures
24
Disbudding
Roughage

30. What combines the Predicted Transmitting Ability for protein - fat - type and udder composite index and ranks the animal on its ability to transmit a balance of these four traits
Total Production Index
Large Plastic Bags
Very good
50

31. IPM
Integrated pest management
14 days
30
Body weight

32. What is intra musclular injection?
Administered in the muscle
Total Digestible Nutrients
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
50-70

33. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
Roughage
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin

34. 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__________.
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
5-9 years old
Lignin
Water

35. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Milking Shorthorn
750000
30%

36. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
3.0
9 weeks
Poor

37. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Magnesium
16-18
Arteries
High-producing pregnant cows

38. 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
Twelve
Cheddar
Vibriosis

39. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Large intestines
GTPI

40. USAHA
20-30%
You S Animal Health Association
45-55
282 days

41. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?
Heat detection and conception rates
10 days
Vitamin B
Calcium

42. EU
Abortion
Mammals
Sodium
European Union

43. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Copper
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Brown Swiss

44. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Interdigital phlegmon
40 gallons
Sire conception rate
In the cell wall

45. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Guernsey
282 days
20000000

46. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
Abomasum
A minimum of every 6 months
A B-Vitamin
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character

47. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...
Milking Shorthorn
25-30
101.5 degrees F
Carbon

48. What units are used to measure energy?
Calories
Two times
10 days
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them

49. What is a cation?
Guernsey
XY
400‐500 gallons
A positively charged ion

50. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
Very good
50
90-100
Streptococus agalactae