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Dairy Cattle Basics

Subjects : industries, dairy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?






2. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?






3. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?






4. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?






5. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?






6. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...






7. Dairy cows produce milk that is relatively high in B complex vitamins. Because they are ruminants...






8. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?






9. To dairymen - the most harmful disease impacting milk production and their economic bottom line is...






10. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?






11. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?






12. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?






13. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...






14. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?






15. 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






16. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...






17. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?






18. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.






19. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm






20. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...






21. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.






22. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?






23. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...






24. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?






25. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?






26. NFO






27. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?






28. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?






29. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...






30. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.






31. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?






32. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?






33. Milking time is best reduced by...






34. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.






35. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?






36. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?






37. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?






38. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.






39. NFDM






40. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?






41. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.






42. BFP






43. What units are used to measure energy?






44. What is a cation?






45. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?






46. FSA






47. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?






48. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?






49. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?






50. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______