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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
Two weeks prior to calving
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Increase - 5
Propionic acid
2. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Poll
Nonprotein nitrogen
Dairy character
After each use
3. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Net Energy
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
30%
4. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
Inguinal
Hormones
Mycotoxins
Large intestines
5. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
Corpus Luteum
87%
50-80%
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
6. All U.S. dairy farms are inspected by state inspectors through a program coordinated by the Food and Drug Administration. Inspectors follow a publication called the PMO. What does PMO stand for?
Epinephrine
Esophageal groove
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Faster
7. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Poll
Loin and chine
Body weight
Registered Holstein Ancestry
8. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Clipping and singeing
Sire conception rate
Between 28 to 30 days
Drug residue
9. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
Brucellosis
8.62 pounds
Hormones
Carbon
10. What pathway in youg calves direct milk into the abomasum - bypassing the rumen - reticulum - and omasum?
Esophageal groove
Jersey
Calories
16-18
11. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Ringworm
70%
Bone calcium
Brown Swiss
12. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
Propionic acid
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
After 200 days of lactation
1957
13. What is intra musclular injection?
Propionic acid
Administered in the muscle
Displaced abomasum
Parturient paresis
14. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
30 hours
90-100
1
Omasum
15. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
Lactose intolerance
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Symbiotic
Feed
16. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
Cheese
5000000
282 days
Claw
17. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
Large Plastic Bags
Beta-carotene
Reticulum
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
18. 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__________.
Lignin
% Protein
90-100
24
19. A dairy cow that has her feet too far forward (under her belly) is said to be...
Between 6.0 and 6.5
No less than 60% moisture
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Sickle hocked
20. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
Limber leg
Between 28 to 30 days
Transponders
Symbiotic
21. Which cows have higher protein requirements?
Guernsey and Jersey
High-producing pregnant cows
Fat residue
72
22. NFDM
60 days
2000's
Nonfat Dry Milk
80
23. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
Transponders
Escherichia coli
Swollen hock
Longer than 1.5 inches
24. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Potassium
Manure handling procedures
Ringworm
It has a lower vacuum requirement
25. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
5
Blind quarter
NAtional Research Council
Vitamin A
26. What is an anion?
Symbiotic
A negatively charged ion
Foreign Agricultural Service
Abomasum
27. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
90-100
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
3.5-4.0
6 hours
28. What units are used to measure energy?
14 days
Large intestines
Calories
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
29. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Once every 12 months
Total Digestible Nutrients
International Dairy Foods Associactions
30. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Symbiotic
3.5-4.0
% Protein
European Union
31. What is a cation?
During the first pregnancy
Milk fever
Blind quarter
A positively charged ion
32. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Brown Swiss
5000000
After 55 days
Milking Shorthorn
33. 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.
PH 4.6
8.62 pounds
Solids removal
400 pounds
34. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Parturient paresis
Dairy Comp 305
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Fat residue
35. BFP
Total Mixed Ration
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Esophageal groove
Basic Formula Price
36. BST is the acronym for what compound?
Milking Shorthorn
Bovine Somatotropin
100
Decreases - increases
37. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
101.5 degrees F
Rear feet and legs
PGF
% Degradable proteins
38. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?
Total Digestible Nutrients
Between 28 to 30 days
1957
High % of water
39. Which one of the following is not classified as a fatāsoluble vitamin?
24
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Vitamin B
40. Quality forage is critical for acow's milk production. Many people evaluate hay based upon its green color; others think the color is a poor indication of nutrient composition. However - green colored hay is generally considered to have a higher ____
Holstein
Beta-carotene
Two times
Sodium Bicarbonate
41. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
24
Between 6.0 and 6.5
10 days
3.5-4.0
42. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Abomasum
It has a lower vacuum requirement
9%
43. USDEC
Two
Roughage
United States Dairy Export Council
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
44. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
Sire conception rate
Fats
Jersey
Premis ID
45. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
To give birth
Side by side (head out)
Composting
30 hours
46. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?
NAtional Research Council
Rolling Herd Average
5-9 years old
Water
47. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Sodium Bicarbonate
Cheddar
Poll
48. NAFTA
Two
Sickle hocked
20 to 24
North American Free Trade Agreement
49. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
Streptococus agalactae
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Longer than 1.5 inches
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
50. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
Flank
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
35 to 40%
Restraint and control of the animal