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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
PH 4.6
Longer than 1.5 inches
Cryoscope
50
2. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
Income over feed costs
Zinc
Vitamin A
In the cell wall
3. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Escherichia coli
Relative Forage Value
Silage
Mycotoxins
4. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
25
PGF
100%
Sodium
5. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Bangs
Side by side (head out)
After 200 days of lactation
Corpus Luteum
6. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Disbudding
9 weeks
In the cell wall
When it is proven that she will breed
7. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Propionic acid
30
Side by side (head out)
Feeding the cow
8. What percent of the cows feed intake is consumed during the daylight hours?
Claw
70%
Duodenum
Sodium
9. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Premis ID
A positively charged ion
Poor
4 years
10. What state agency regulates waste management?
10
Administered in the muscle
3-6 minutes
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
11. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
During the first pregnancy
4 years
Basic Formula Price
14 days
12. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
2.25
Interdigital phlegmon
Jersey
13. 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__________.
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Lignin
PGF
Abomasum
14. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
100%
4 years
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
15. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?
5
Dairy Comp 305
Potassium
Twelve
16. All U.S. dairy farms are inspected by state inspectors through a program coordinated by the Food and Drug Administration. Inspectors follow a publication called the PMO. What does PMO stand for?
Follicle stimulating hormone
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.
Arteries
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
17. The circulatory system of a dairy cow is very important to milk production. A dairy cow must circulate about _________ of blood for each pound of milk produced.
400 pounds
Displaced abomasum
Sodium
Water
18. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?
Non-forage Carbohydrates
50-70
40 degrees F
Two
19. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Calories
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
750000
Restraint and control of the animal
20. NRC
% Degradable proteins
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
NAtional Research Council
Food safety and Inspection Service
21. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
Sickle hocked
% Degradable proteins
Digital Dermatitis
Rear feet and legs
22. Dairy rations - especially those for high producing cows - may be buffered to maintain a desirable rumen pH. The most common buffering agent for this is...
Sodium Bicarbonate
Poor
Nonprotein nitrogen
9 weeks
23. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
PGF
20 to 24
Large Plastic Bags
10 days
24. What is the hormone that causes Uterine contractions to assist in parturition?
Mammals
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Body weight
Oxytocin
25. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
Left side of the body
45-55
Clipping and singeing
Udder
26. What stomach compartments are not developed in a newborn calf?
Farm Service Agency
Guernsey
Rumen and reticulum
1
27. 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?
Brown Swiss
Pink eye
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Follicular and luteal
28. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
Faster
Income over feed costs
A minimum of every 6 months
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
29. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
Digestive
Sodium Bicarbonate
Prussic acid poisoning
Sire conception rate
30. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Solids removal
Pasteurizing system
Rolling Herd Average
Mastitis
31. BST is the acronym for what compound?
Transponders
Bovine Somatotropin
Citrate
45-55
32. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Solids removal
Energy
Post-synch
50
33. The most costly form of mastitis is?
Increase - 5
Subclinical
Water
50
34. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Digital Dermatitis
After each use
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Cheese
35. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Integrated pest management
Poll
Stainless steel
Milking Shorthorn
36. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Brown Swiss
Fats
Premis ID
Solids removal
37. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
Oxytocin
Four or more times
Ringworm
Holstein
38. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Potassium
Copper
Water
Faster
39. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
18
Milk on Demand
Mud - water - and manure
35 to 40%
40. HTST is a ______________
Pasteurizing system
Food safety and Inspection Service
After 200 days of lactation
Two
41. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Reproductive failure
The bottom most part of the tail
Vitamin A
42. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Magnesium
Carbon Dioxide Gas
14 days
Mammals
43. 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 _______________________?
Between 14 and 35 days
Cheddar
Nitrogen excretion
A minimum of every 6 months
44. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Twice/day
1
Carbon
2000's
45. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Recessive
Escherichia coli
Oxytocin
46. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Corpus Luteum
40 gallons
Swollen hock
6 hours
47. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Mammals
Magnesium
20 to 24
72
48. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
In the cell wall
Udder
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Potassium
49. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
Extremely fat
Sodium
Dairy Comp 305
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
50. NFO
National Farmers Organization
Oxytocin
Copper
Cation-Anion Difference