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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. NAFTA
Fat
North American Free Trade Agreement
75%
70% moisture
2. Milking time is best reduced by...
Udder
Nitrogen
9 weeks
Preparing cows properly
3. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
Subclinical
Symbiotic
% Degradable proteins
Faster
4. Brucellosis is also know as...
5
Reticulum
Bangs
2.25
5. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Jersey
4 years
Farm Service Agency
24 hours
6. Fresh milk - at a dairy - is required to be cooled to a minimum of 50 degrees F within 4 hours time after milking. However many larger dairies are using a _______________ to accomplish this within minutes.
20
Plate chiller
Listeria
20-30%
7. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
Fat residue
After 200 days of lactation
International Dairy Foods Associactions
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
8. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
1957
80
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Increase - 5
9. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Disbudding
A minimum of every 6 months
Niacin
Extremely fat
10. IPM
Mule-foot
Integrated pest management
Abomasum
% Protein
11. 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
Limber leg
Duodenum
Cheese
12. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Lactose intolerance
Left side of the body
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Net Energy
13. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
Follicle stimulating hormone
9 weeks
400‐500 gallons
Left side of the body
14. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Zinc
Nonprotein nitrogen
Magnesium
750000
15. Cow comfort has been linked to milk production in numerous research studies. Not an example of a way to improve cow comfort used by dairymen?
100
Brucellosis
50-70
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
16. IDFA
Stainless steel
Vibriosis
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Milking Shorthorn
17. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Vitamin A
Rump
Plate chiller
Esophageal groove
18. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Mastitis
Large intestines
Reticulum
19. %DBH
Preparing cows properly
Registered Holstein Ancestry
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
20. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Relative Forage Value
Small intestine
A negatively charged ion
Carbon Dioxide Gas
21. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Streptococus agalactae
Vitamin A
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Pink eye
22. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?
Nonprotein nitrogen
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Urea
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
23. What is the hormone that causes Uterine contractions to assist in parturition?
Oxytocin
Copper sulfate
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
.39%
24. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Citrate
Farm Service Agency
Sodium
Zinc
25. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
35 to 40%
2:1
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Relative Forage Value
26. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
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.
Alfalfa and Clover
Follicular and luteal
Income over feed costs
27. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
Digital Dermatitis
Displaced abomasum
Sole
Guernsey
28. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
Limber leg
Milking Shorthorn
Milk on Demand
Non-forage Carbohydrates
29. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Attract the opposite sex
25
Niacin
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
30. What is lactogenesis?
Side by side (head out)
The initiation of milk secretion
High % of water
Streptococus agalactae
31. Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (BPDME) is better known as Weaver Syndrome because of...
1957
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
The weaving gait of affected cattle
25-30
32. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Increase - 5
Modified Live Virus
Dished
40 degrees F
33. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?
Between 28 to 30 days
Alfalfa and Clover
Abortion
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
34. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Stainless steel
PH 4.6
Back flushing
Rump
35. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Between 28 to 30 days
Lignin
50
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
36. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Poll
4 years
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
37. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Esophageal groove
United States Dairy Export Council
Energy
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
38. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Carbon
Premis ID
Esophageal groove
After each use
39. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
Copper sulfate
Bone calcium
Prussic acid poisoning
305 days
40. A switch on a cow is...
Clipping and singeing
282 days
Holstein
The bottom most part of the tail
41. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
The initiation of milk secretion
A minimum of every 6 months
Subclinical
3.5-4.0
42. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Arteries
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Black leg
Guernsey and Jersey
43. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
Limber leg
15 months
8.62 pounds
Displaced abomasum
44. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
50 percent
Claw
10
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
45. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
Restraint and control of the animal
Nonprotein nitrogen
24
Post-synch
46. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Arteries
Mule-foot
Small intestine
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
47. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
75-79.9
Reproductive failure
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Negative net energy balance
48. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
101.5 degrees F
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Farm Service Agency
50 percent
49. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
Pulsator
Manure handling procedures
30
Mule-foot
50. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
National Milk Producers Federation
Rolling Herd Average
Interdigital phlegmon
PH 4.6