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1. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
Udder
Sire conception rate
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Twice/day

2. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...
Jersey
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Calories

3. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Udder
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Mastitis
During the first pregnancy

4. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
Milking Shorthorn
Premis ID
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
400 pounds

5. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Relative Forage Value
To give birth
Very good
The initiation of milk secretion

6. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Jersey
75-79.9
Magnesium
Holstein

7. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
Foreign Agricultural Service
Small intestine
A minimum of every 6 months
No less than 60% moisture

8. How many das into a pregnancy can a fetus be sexed by ultrasound?
70%
Side by side (head out)
After 55 days
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank

9. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
NAtional Research Council
Very good
Pink eye
The abomasums of a milk fed calf

10. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Escherichia coli
305 days
% Degradable proteins
Digestive

11. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
80
282 days
Recessive
Flank

12. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
Manure handling procedures
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
15 months
Dairy Comp 305

13. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Longer than 1.5 inches
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Mycotoxins

14. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
6 hours
Abomasum
Clipping and singeing
Esophageal groove

15. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
Large intestines
.39%
% Degradable proteins
Disbudding

16. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Net Energy
Copper
Urea
Non-forage Carbohydrates

17. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Bone calcium
Milk on Demand
Vitamin A
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

18. What is the approximate time of ovulation in cattle after the beginning of heat?
.39%
Brown Swiss
In the cell wall
30 hours

19. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
Follicle stimulating hormone
Brown Swiss
Chine
Heat detection and conception rates

20. What is an anion?
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
400‐500 gallons
A negatively charged ion
Symbiotic

21. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
2.25
9%
Follicle stimulating hormone
60 days

22. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Bangs
Milk fever
5-9 years old
Neutral Detergent Fiber

23. Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (BPDME) is better known as Weaver Syndrome because of...
Parturient paresis
Composting
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Omasum

24. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
Recessive
MyDairy
101.5 degrees F
Heat detection and conception rates

25. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Direct Microscopic Counts
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Vibriosis

26. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Two weeks prior to calving
Methane
282 days

27. BST is the acronym for what compound?
Bovine Somatotropin
3.5-4.0
Cheddar cheese
10 days

28. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Mammals
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
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.
5-9 years old

29. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Potassium
Rolling Herd Average

30. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Administered via blood vessels
60 days
Copper
Total Mixed Ration

31. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Swollen hock
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Inguinal
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa

32. USAHA
Rumen and reticulum
24 hours
You S Animal Health Association
Animal Improvement Program Lab

33. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?
400‐500 gallons
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Cation-Anion Difference
75-79.9

34. Which one of the following describes biotin?
A B-Vitamin
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Stainless steel
Total Production Index

35. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
50-80%
The initiation of milk secretion
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Disbudding

36. 98% of somatic cells are...
Mastitis
No less than 60% moisture
Leukocytes
A negatively charged ion

37. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
8.62 pounds
305 days
Administered in the muscle
16-18

38. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
3.0
Sire conception rate
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Niacin

39. 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__________.
Lactose intolerance
Lignin
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Abomasum

40. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
Corpus Luteum
Interdigital phlegmon
80
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100

41. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
A B-Vitamin
Energy
3 years
5

42. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
50 percent
Urea
Milk fever
20-30%

43. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
The initiation of milk secretion
Cheddar
40 degrees F

44. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Leukocytes
20-30%
Pink eye

45. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?
Guernsey
Roughage
2.25
PGF

46. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
18
40 degrees F
Reproductive failure
MyDairy

47. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...
Flank
2:1
High % of water
Displaced abomasum

48. A free martin is considered a...
Hormones
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull

49. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
Holstein
The bottom most part of the tail
To give birth
Income over feed costs

50. When looking at DHI records - what do the letters RHA stand for?
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Transponders
Rolling Herd Average
3-6 minutes

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