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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
20
Calories
Very good
National Milk Producers Federation
2. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
Milking Shorthorn
Hormones
Feed
Cheddar cheese
3. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Holstein
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
45-55
Abomasum
4. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
Administered via blood vessels
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Feed
Drug residue
5. FSIS
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Vitamin A
Food safety and Inspection Service
In the cell wall
6. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Abomasum
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
400‐500 gallons
7. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
Negative net energy balance
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Cheese
Progesterone
8. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
Increase - 5
Fat
Roughage
Brown Swiss
9. FSA
Farm Service Agency
85
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
After 200 days of lactation
10. A bovine female which has not had a calf is a...
60
Bone calcium
Heifer
Flank
11. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Two
Duodenum
Heat detection and conception rates
Parathyroid gland
12. One form of biological pest management is a predator insect - that can be bought and released to help control flies at a dairy. Which of these is NOT true about these predators...
National Farmers Organization
In the cell wall
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
National Farmers Organization
13. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Drug residue
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
14. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.
60
Copper sulfate
87%
Mycotoxins
15. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
60
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Jersey
Rump
16. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
Milking Shorthorn
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Vitamin B
Abomasum
17. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
5000000
40 degrees F
Hardware disease
18. Which part of an animal touches the ground if he/she is walking on a correct set of feet and legs?
Lignin
750000
Sole
Manure handling procedures
19. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Loin and chine
Pasteurizing system
North American Free Trade Agreement
Abortion
20. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
Leukocytes
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Bone calcium
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
21. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
Digital Dermatitis
Once every 12 months
Udder
30
22. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
Restraint and control of the animal
Brucellosis
Heat detection and conception rates
A positively charged ion
23. The typical lactation curve shows a dairy cow reaching her peak production about ________days into the lactation cycle.
Vitamin A
72
Basic Formula Price
50-70
24. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
Limber leg
Mastitis
Displaced abomasum
Total Mixed Ration
25. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
You S Animal Health Association
6 hours
Two times
Vitamin K
26. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Pulsator
Milking Shorthorn
Very good
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
27. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
Ringworm
High % of water
Omasum
3 years
28. BVD
Leukocytes
Nitrogen excretion
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Negative net energy balance
29. IDFA
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Side by side (head out)
International Dairy Foods Associactions
30. GnRH
North American Free Trade Agreement
Rear feet and legs
Mammals
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
31. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
Energy
2.25
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Guernsey
32. Many dairymen 'dock' the tail on their cows much to the chagrin of Animals Rights groups. They believe This is necessary to...
Vitamin A
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Copper sulfate
33. What is subcutaneous injection?
75-79.9
50-70
Administered under the skin
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
34. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Methane
Omasum
Disbudding
PH 4.6
35. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Poll
Left side of the body
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Brown Swiss
36. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Roughage
75-79.9
Claw
Citrate
37. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Niacin
Good plus
Dairy character
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
38. A disease causing air bubbles under the skin and usually results in rapid death is __________.
Decreases - increases
Black leg
Composting
Hardware disease
39. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
40/60
30 hours
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Sire conception rate
40. 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?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Reproductive failure
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Follicular and luteal
41. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?
Water
Transponders
Left side of the body
Urea
42. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
Bone calcium
Increase - 5
Increase - 5
Neutral Detergent Fiber
43. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
Small intestine
Fat
To add a concentrated form of energy
Guernsey and Jersey
44. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
Abomasum
Water
Recessive
300 + degree
45. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
Jersey
60 days
Brown Swiss
Limber leg
46. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?
Vitamin B
High % of water
Holstein
Bovine Somatotropin
47. Milk traits - i.e. fat - protein - SNF and etc. - tend to have a heritability of about...
20-30%
Oxytocin
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
24
48. The rumen of a cow is located...
Cation-Anion Difference
Parturient paresis
Left side of the body
50-80%
49. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Brown Swiss
Copper sulfate
Prussic acid poisoning
85
50. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
60
In the cell wall
Mycobacterium bovis
Corpus Luteum