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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. BST is the acronym for what compound?
2.25
Abortion
Bovine Somatotropin
Rumen and reticulum
2. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Cheese
Guernsey
Mule-foot
3. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Fats
Lignin
Food safety and Inspection Service
Cheddar
4. IDFA
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Small intestine
Hormones
Twelve
5. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
9%
50
30%
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
6. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
Citrate
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Loin and chine
100%
7. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Cheddar
Between 28 to 30 days
50
Restraint and control of the animal
8. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
Jersey
Plate chiller
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Extremely fat
9. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
2.25
10
Progesterone
20000000
10. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
30
Jersey
18
.39%
11. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
25-30
50-70
10
40 gallons
12. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
In the cell wall
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
75-79.9
PGF
13. FSA
282 days
Farm Service Agency
Lactose intolerance
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
14. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
The initiation of milk secretion
Duodenum
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Fat
15. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Reticulum
Left side of the body
16. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Rump
Magnesium
Decreases - increases
Transponders
17. In order to prevent bloat - the feed additive Poloxalene is often added to feed rations for cows that are grazing. Which of the following grazed forages are most likely to cause bloat?
Alfalfa and Clover
Pasteurizing system
282 days
Feed
18. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...
Fat residue
Food safety and Inspection Service
Abomasum
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
19. What is lactogenesis?
Composting
Pulsator
The initiation of milk secretion
Brown Swiss
20. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Nonprotein nitrogen
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
21. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
90-100
24
Streptococus agalactae
After 200 days of lactation
22. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
2.25
400‐500 gallons
Vitamin K
Pulsator
23. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
90-100
Holstein
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
National Farmers Organization
24. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
Inguinal
50 percent
Total Production Index
Interdigital phlegmon
25. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Recessive
Parturient paresis
70%
40/60
26. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Longer than 1.5 inches
Copper sulfate
Mule-foot
27. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.
A minimum of every 6 months
Once every 12 months
Faster
Pasteurizing system
28. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Escherichia coli
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Follicle stimulating hormone
90-100
29. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
30%
Water
Large Plastic Bags
75-79.9
30. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
Cheddar
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
10 days
75%
31. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Digital Dermatitis
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Hardware disease
Leukocytes
32. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Stainless steel
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Sodium
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
33. IPM
Integrated pest management
70% moisture
30%
50-70
34. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
60 days
Follicle stimulating hormone
400‐500 gallons
A minimum of every 6 months
35. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Parturient paresis
100%
Mastitis
Alfalfa and Clover
36. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
High-producing pregnant cows
5-9 years old
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Four or more times
37. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
3.5-4.0
20 to 24
Two weeks prior to calving
During the first pregnancy
38. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
Holstein
Two
Rumen
Energy
39. FSA
25-30
Composting
Farm Service Agency
Jersey
40. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Reproductive failure
25 gallons
Rump
41. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
20 to 24
Rolling Herd Average
80
Clipping and singeing
42. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?
Large intestines
Vitamin B
Small intestine
Arteries
43. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Poll
Modified Live Virus
40 gallons
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
44. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
400 pounds
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Swollen hock
Follicular and luteal
45. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Faster
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Drug residue
Total Mixed Ration
46. What state agency regulates waste management?
Direct Microscopic Counts
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
5
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
47. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
Very good
Laminitis
3.0
Foreign Agricultural Service
48. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
European Union
5-9 years old
Digestive
Claw
49. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
14 days
Lactose intolerance
Omasum
50-80%
50. Cows produce pheromones which...
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Attract the opposite sex
400‐500 gallons
Abomasum