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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
MyDairy
Recessive
Nitrogen excretion
Post-synch
2. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?
Total Digestible Nutrients
Arteries
Rolling Herd Average
Total Mixed Ration
3. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Restraint and control of the animal
Oxytocin
80
4. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
101.5 degrees F
Sodium
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Mastitis
5. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Propionic acid
Vitamin A
Methane
The bottom most part of the tail
6. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Brown Swiss
Sire conception rate
Mastitis
Lignin
7. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
Net Energy
Citrate
5
30
8. Cows treated with BST typically show an increase in milk production of...
10%
Rump
3 years
50
9. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
Chine
Good plus
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
8.62 pounds
10. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
Two
Claw
24 hours
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
11. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
Guernsey
40 gallons
Rear feet and legs
Drug residue
12. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?
After 200 days of lactation
18
50-80%
3.5-4.0
13. How frequently should an average freshen?
Back flushing
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
87%
Once every 12 months
14. A free martin is considered a...
Disbudding
Parturient paresis
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
15. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
Sole
101.5 degrees F
Blind quarter
Holstein
16. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
30 hours
The weaving gait of affected cattle
101.5 degrees F
Brown Swiss
17. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
100%
20
85
18. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
Cheese
Mycobacterium bovis
Small intestine
20000000
19. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Enteritis
Symbiotic
% Protein
20. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
European Union
Potassium
To give birth
Very good
21. FARAD
4 years
Small Intestine
Sodium
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
22. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Udder
23. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
35 to 40%
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Premis ID
24. What is the approximate time of ovulation in cattle after the beginning of heat?
Guernsey and Jersey
30 hours
Udder
Niacin
25. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?
Longer than 1.5 inches
Guernsey
XY
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
26. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
Sickle hocked
Rear feet and legs
5-9 years old
Milk fever
27. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Chine
Rolling Herd Average
Nonfat Dry Milk
28. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
9 weeks
Magnesium
Two times
Feed
29. Research has shown that by formulating lactating cow rations with proper amounts of certain amino acids - we can decrease the crude protein content of the ration and reduce _______________________?
Nitrogen excretion
Mule-foot
Calories
Holstein
30. Heritability for milk production in dairy cattle is...
The initiation of milk secretion
30%
In the cell wall
Feed
31. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
45-55
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Between 28 to 30 days
International Dairy Foods Associactions
32. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?
Silage
Guernsey and Jersey
Fats
Rolling Herd Average
33. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
Pulsator
Jersey
Bone calcium
Bovine Somatotropin
34. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
Negative net energy balance
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
30%
Guernsey and Jersey
35. NRC
NAtional Research Council
Vitamin K
Once every 12 months
Relative Forage Value
36. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
Brucellosis
Beta-carotene
Chine
Heat detection and conception rates
37. Recent research traits have shown that dairy cows prefer to be milked __________ times/day if they are able to choose.
Two
40/60
Four or more times
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
38. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Oxytocin
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Pink eye
39. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
5
5
Parturient paresis
40. 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
Brown Swiss
Total Production Index
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Lignin
41. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Rumen
50 percent
Nitrogen
International Dairy Foods Associactions
42. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
Sodium
300 + degree
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Milking Shorthorn
43. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
Rolling Herd Average
Methane
50 percent
400 pounds
44. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
Dairy character
Attract the opposite sex
Administered in the muscle
During the first pregnancy
45. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
In the cell wall
Composting
Pink eye
50-70
46. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
Streptococus agalactae
Mule-foot
A positively charged ion
9%
47. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
70% moisture
Holstein
20 to 24
Twelve
48. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
After each use
Plate chiller
75%
25
49. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Udder
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Heifer
72
50. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Ringworm
3.5-4.0
The initiation of milk secretion
10%