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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
Dairy character
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Stainless steel
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
2. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
Prussic acid poisoning
5
Vibriosis
25-30
3. NFDM
3-6 minutes
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Nonfat Dry Milk
Water
4. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Symbiotic
Roughage
Rumen
5
5. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
GTPI
% Protein
Disbudding
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
6. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Between 14 and 35 days
Oxytocin
GTPI
Total Mixed Ration
7. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
Progesterone
Methane
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Milk fever
8. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
Premis ID
50 percent
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Cation-Anion Difference
9. 98% of somatic cells are...
Carbon
Carbon
Leukocytes
Abomasum
10. GATT
70%
10
NAtional Research Council
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
11. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Reticulum
Solids removal
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
750000
12. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
25-30
Milk fever
6 hours
Jersey
13. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Listeria
Vitamin B
Corpus Luteum
Guernsey
14. A bovine female which has not had a calf is a...
Heifer
Mastitis
Good plus
Brown Swiss
15. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
NAtional Research Council
Prussic acid poisoning
Water
Corpus Luteum
16. What type of mastitis is the easiest to cure?
The bottom most part of the tail
Black leg
Streptococus agalactae
Milking Shorthorn
17. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Left side of the body
Duodenum
Abomasum
Escherichia coli
18. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
Udder
Decreases - increases
.39%
50
19. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
Feed
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
High-producing pregnant cows
Feeding the cow
20. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
10 days
Swollen hock
Large Plastic Bags
Body weight
21. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Inguinal
Loin and chine
3 years
Disbudding
22. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Jersey
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Milking Shorthorn
Guernsey and Jersey
23. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
Brucellosis
Cation-Anion Difference
PGF
Dairy Comp 305
24. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Body weight
25. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
Milking Shorthorn
750000
Total Production Index
Two
26. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...
Citrate
60 days
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
North American Free Trade Agreement
27. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Poor
Good plus
Lignin
Silage
28. Lactation is unique to _________.
Sole
Mammals
15 months
100%
29. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
Mammals
Sodium
Abortion
75%
30. What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis?
Vitamin B
Flank
50 percent
25%
31. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Guernsey and Jersey
Mud - water - and manure
Cation-Anion Difference
32. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
2000's
Feed
Energy
Mule-foot
33. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
Manure handling procedures
10 days
Lignin
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
34. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
Blind quarter
Mastitis
Post-synch
90-100
35. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Administered in the muscle
Total Mixed Ration
Progesterone
20-30%
36. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?
12-14 weeks
1
A positively charged ion
Jersey
37. The rumen of a cow is located...
Retained placenta
70% moisture
Left side of the body
Milking Shorthorn
38. 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...
Sodium
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
GTPI
Guernsey
39. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Oxytocin
Total Mixed Ration
Pink eye
Clipping and singeing
40. Milk traits - i.e. fat - protein - SNF and etc. - tend to have a heritability of about...
Holstein
35 to 40%
20-30%
Rolling Herd Average
41. What percent of milk is water?
Preparing cows properly
87%
10
40 degrees F
42. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Cation-Anion Difference
Administered under the skin
No less than 60% moisture
Retained placenta
43. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
GTPI
Heat detection and conception rates
Dairy Comp 305
44. PTAT
8.62 pounds
Subclinical
Follicular and luteal
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
45. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
62 to 65% moisture
Very good
You S Animal Health Association
46. HTST is a ______________
Pasteurizing system
Extremely fat
Abomasum
Nitrogen excretion
47. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Cheddar
Poll
40 gallons
48. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
Total Production Index
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Premis ID
Omasum
49. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
Retained placenta
After 55 days
Copper sulfate
Beta-carotene
50. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
Relative Forage Value
Flank
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Administered in the muscle