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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...
Relative Forage Value
Streptococus agalactae
Symbiotic
10 days
2. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
In the cell wall
Follicular and luteal
3. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
You S Animal Health Association
GTPI
Retained placenta
Blind quarter
4. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Four or more times
Holstein
40/60
Post-synch
5. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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6. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Large Plastic Bags
Longer than 1.5 inches
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Parathyroid gland
7. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
16-18
Jersey
Rumen
Two
8. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
Propionic acid
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Vitamin A
14 days
9. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
10 days
Basic Formula Price
XY
Mammals
10. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
70% moisture
Plate chiller
Four or more times
15 months
11. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
24
Lignin
Vitamin A
9 weeks
12. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Loin and chine
18
Vitamin A
Holstein
13. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
40 gallons
100
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Farm Service Agency
14. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
282 days
Small intestine
Symbiotic
Registered Holstein Ancestry
15. What is lactogenesis?
Jersey
101.5 degrees F
Rolling Herd Average
The initiation of milk secretion
16. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
Methane
Vitamin B
3-6 minutes
5
17. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Brown Swiss
85
Claw
High-producing pregnant cows
18. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Income over feed costs
90-100
Interdigital phlegmon
Loin and chine
19. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Relative Forage Value
GTPI
2000's
Recessive
20. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Net Energy
Rump
21. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.
Solids removal
Energy
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
18
22. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Poor
40 gallons
Abomasum
Two times
23. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Jersey
Back flushing
Copper sulfate
Propionic acid
24. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Cation-Anion Difference
The bottom most part of the tail
Limber leg
Water
25. When sanitizing milking equipment with water - the temperature must be a minimum of 170 degrees F and the utensils are to be under the flow of water for ____________ minute(s).
5
Mastitis
30
90-100
26. A switch on a cow is...
75%
The bottom most part of the tail
Follicle stimulating hormone
Mycotoxins
27. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Neutral Detergent Fiber
20
Administered via blood vessels
.39%
28. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
After 200 days of lactation
40/60
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Fat residue
29. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
Roughage
16-18
85
Pasteurizing system
30. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Vitamin A
Laminitis
Small intestine
31. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
282 days
9 weeks
60 days
32. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Follicular and luteal
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Nitrogen excretion
Fat
33. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
Leukocytes
% Degradable proteins
Preparing cows properly
Mycotoxins
34. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
Decreases - increases
Digestive
Side by side (head out)
Bone calcium
35. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
PGF
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Recessive
Milk on Demand
36. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Dairy Comp 305
20-30%
70% moisture
35 to 40%
37. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
6 hours
Bangs
Lignin
Bone calcium
38. 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?
Milking Shorthorn
Cryoscope
Chine
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
39. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Feed
Progesterone
Enteritis
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
40. For best results calves should be fed colostrum within ____ hours of calving...
After 55 days
6 hours
Side by side (head out)
Food safety and Inspection Service
41. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Lactose intolerance
75%
National Milk Producers Federation
Propionic acid
42. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
In the cell wall
Modified Live Virus
Total Digestible Nutrients
6 hours
43. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
10%
40/60
Recessive
When it is proven that she will breed
44. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
Milk fever
High-producing pregnant cows
25-30
Jersey
45. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
40 gallons
Lactose intolerance
Disbudding
46. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Jersey
Lignin
Roughage
47. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Citrate
Sole
Body weight
6 hours
48. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
3.5-4.0
20
72
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
49. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Parturient paresis
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
50-80%
50. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
Beta-carotene
Rolling Herd Average
MyDairy
Prussic acid poisoning