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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. NFO
Rumen
National Farmers Organization
% Protein
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
2. Where are non-degradable proteins absorbed?
North American Free Trade Agreement
% Protein
Manure handling procedures
Small Intestine
3. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
3.0
Epinephrine
50
2000's
4. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
4 years
Fat residue
Rumen
Niacin
5. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
The bottom most part of the tail
Flank
Sodium
6. The typical lactation curve shows a dairy cow reaching her peak production about ________days into the lactation cycle.
50-70
Energy
Abomasum
3.0
7. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
Sole
Sire conception rate
14 days
% Degradable proteins
8. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
Interdigital phlegmon
5
Dished
1
9. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
Follicular and luteal
To give birth
85
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
10. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Bovine Somatotropin
Guernsey and Jersey
Holstein
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
11. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
Heat detection and conception rates
High-producing pregnant cows
3-6 minutes
Alfalfa and Clover
12. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Neutral Detergent Fiber
3-6 minutes
2.25
Blind quarter
13. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Cheddar
Hardware disease
Calcium
Epinephrine
14. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
282 days
Silage
Magnesium
After 200 days of lactation
15. What is the scientific term for birth?
Solids removal
Parturtion
3.0
GTPI
16. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
Methane
Brucellosis
Faster
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
17. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
10 days
Vitamin A
Once every 12 months
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
18. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
Laminitis
The initiation of milk secretion
60
282 days
19. 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
Cation-Anion Difference
Corpus Luteum
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
20. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Very good
Administered under the skin
Cation-Anion Difference
When it is proven that she will breed
21. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Dairy Comp 305
NAtional Research Council
Stainless steel
22. What units are used to measure energy?
United States Dairy Export Council
Twelve
Calories
Stainless steel
23. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
Drug residue
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Sole
15 months
24. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
Copper sulfate
Restraint and control of the animal
50-70
Two
25. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
Nitrogen excretion
NAtional Research Council
Energy
30
26. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
Water
Calcium
85
Oxytocin
27. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
40 gallons
Listeria
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Fat
28. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
3.5-4.0
Loin and chine
Income over feed costs
Longer than 1.5 inches
29. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Mycotoxins
Water
PH 4.6
30. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Brucellosis
Jersey
Udder
Milking Shorthorn
31. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...
90-100
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Relative Forage Value
High % of water
32. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Premis ID
Parathyroid gland
Sodium Bicarbonate
Solids removal
33. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
Recessive
Heat detection and conception rates
Copper sulfate
25 gallons
34. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
Arteries
Retained placenta
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
20 to 24
35. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
Limber leg
Abomasum
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
87%
36. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
Carbon
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
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.
% Degradable proteins
37. 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
9%
Parturtion
10 days
38. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
Niacin
Claw
Water
Reticulum
39. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?
Progesterone
Feed
Fats
National Farmers Organization
40. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
Small intestine
Vitamin B
Lactose intolerance
90-100
41. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
80
Reproductive failure
Leukocytes
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
42. GATT
10%
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Inguinal
Fat
43. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
National Milk Producers Federation
Sickle hocked
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Limber leg
44. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
9%
Two weeks prior to calving
Parturient paresis
Rumen
45. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
50 percent
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
100
Mud - water - and manure
46. 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 ____
90-100
Total Production Index
Beta-carotene
30 hours
47. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.
Modified Live Virus
Copper
Urea
Faster
48. When discussing feed mixers - What is the range of manufacturers recommmended mixing times?
Modified Live Virus
3-6 minutes
Jersey
6 hours
49. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
50-70
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
50. What state agency regulates waste management?
Guernsey
Digestive
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Faster