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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Increase - 5
Integrated pest management
Clipping and singeing
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
2. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
Rumen
Reproductive failure
Roughage
To add a concentrated form of energy
3. What is lactogenesis?
The initiation of milk secretion
50-70
Pulsator
1
4. CCC
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
When it is proven that she will breed
5
5. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
Total Digestible Nutrients
In the cell wall
Administered in the muscle
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
6. It is widely acknowledged that a calcium/phosphorus ration of about ______________ is best for a dairy ration since this mirrors that of the cows' body.
2:1
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Sole
Nitrogen excretion
7. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
25%
Pink eye
To give birth
Between 6.0 and 6.5
8. 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.
305 days
GTPI
Plate chiller
Parathyroid gland
9. BFP
Basic Formula Price
2.25
Cheese
Solids removal
10. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
70% moisture
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
5
Four or more times
11. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Abomasum
305 days
Holstein
12. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
% Protein
Nitrogen excretion
NAtional Research Council
13. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
Progesterone
Rump
No less than 60% moisture
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
14. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?
60 days
PH 4.6
Oxytocin
75-79.9
15. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Transponders
Longer than 1.5 inches
Claw
Plate chiller
16. Milking time is best reduced by...
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
40 degrees F
Preparing cows properly
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
17. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Cheese
North American Free Trade Agreement
Two
3 years
18. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
25
Disbudding
90-100
30%
19. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Hormones
Cheese
Jersey
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
20. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
305 days
Cation-Anion Difference
Holstein
Total Digestible Nutrients
21. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
Silage
Progesterone
Registered Holstein Ancestry
10%
22. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
Mule-foot
62 to 65% moisture
Rolling Herd Average
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
23. FSIS
Food safety and Inspection Service
Copper sulfate
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Flank
24. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
Holstein
282 days
12-14 weeks
Abomasum
25. What is the USDA's AIPL?
.39%
Animal Improvement Program Lab
70% moisture
Relative Forage Value
26. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
Milking Shorthorn
Bone calcium
Water
Guernsey and Jersey
27. Milk that is low in SCC has more casein - which is a primary component in _______?
Cheese
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Inguinal
28. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
Recessive
Retained placenta
5
A minimum of every 6 months
29. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Duodenum
Poor
% Protein
Lignin
30. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
The bottom most part of the tail
Feed
20-30%
Fat residue
31. What state agency regulates waste management?
305 days
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Feed
32. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
United States Dairy Export Council
400 pounds
Food safety and Inspection Service
Extremely fat
33. How many das into a pregnancy can a fetus be sexed by ultrasound?
After 55 days
Foreign Agricultural Service
Vitamin K
2:1
34. Recent research traits have shown that dairy cows prefer to be milked __________ times/day if they are able to choose.
Attract the opposite sex
Income over feed costs
Four or more times
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
35. 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
Nitrogen
Swollen hock
Transponders
36. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Feed
Between 14 and 35 days
Holstein
37. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
Esophageal groove
3.5-4.0
Milk fever
Animal Improvement Program Lab
38. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
15 months
Income over feed costs
Rolling Herd Average
62 to 65% moisture
39. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
After 200 days of lactation
Citrate
282 days
Niacin
40. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
% Degradable proteins
Parathyroid gland
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
GTPI
41. What percent of milk is water?
The initiation of milk secretion
Mammals
10
87%
42. What stomach compartments are not developed in a newborn calf?
5
In the cell wall
Rumen and reticulum
Brucellosis
43. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
Holstein
Brucellosis
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Direct Microscopic Counts
44. What is the approximate time of ovulation in cattle after the beginning of heat?
Manure handling procedures
High % of water
Between 6.0 and 6.5
30 hours
45. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Omasum
Premis ID
A B-Vitamin
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
46. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Holstein
12-14 weeks
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.
47. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
750000
Hormones
Fat
International Dairy Foods Associactions
48. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
100
Water
Two
Calcium
49. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
80
45-55
Silage
Feeding the cow
50. BST is the acronym for what compound?
Cystic
Integrated pest management
Very good
Bovine Somatotropin