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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
90-100
Follicle stimulating hormone
Income over feed costs
2. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...
Reticulum
Milking Shorthorn
Bangs
40 gallons
3. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
You S Animal Health Association
Magnesium
Longer than 1.5 inches
Body weight
4. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
101.5 degrees F
Cheddar
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Carbon Dioxide Gas
5. What type of mastitis is the easiest to cure?
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
5-9 years old
Streptococus agalactae
Administered under the skin
6. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Solids removal
40/60
Subclinical
5000000
7. FSA
Farm Service Agency
30
10
Reproductive failure
8. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
5000000
Poll
After each use
Income over feed costs
9. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Claw
Energy
After 55 days
Corpus Luteum
10. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
60 days
60 days
20 to 24
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
11. GATT
Water
Vibriosis
High % of water
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
12. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
Vitamin A
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Carbon
Reticulum
13. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
300 + degree
Administered in the muscle
Dairy character
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
14. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
400 pounds
Fat residue
2.25
Between 14 and 35 days
15. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Carbon
Digestive
Mastitis
282 days
16. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
It has a lower vacuum requirement
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
80
Propionic acid
17. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...
Feeding the cow
Sodium
50-80%
Nitrogen excretion
18. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
2.25
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
305 days
Esophageal groove
19. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?
50-80%
62 to 65% moisture
15 months
Pasteurizing system
20. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
60 days
Holstein
Sickle hocked
The weaving gait of affected cattle
21. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
A minimum of every 6 months
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
20
Cystic
22. A disease causing air bubbles under the skin and usually results in rapid death is __________.
Administered via blood vessels
Black leg
Restraint and control of the animal
6 hours
23. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
24
Arteries
Holstein
Cation-Anion Difference
24. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
Abortion
Vitamin B
25-30
Enteritis
25. Many dairymen 'dock' the tail on their cows much to the chagrin of Animals Rights groups. They believe This is necessary to...
Hardware disease
Rumen
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Nitrogen excretion
26. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
Brown Swiss
60
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Copper
27. 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.
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Feeding the cow
400 pounds
Subclinical
28. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Magnesium
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.
Disbudding
Large intestines
29. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Carbon
3.0
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
90-100
30. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
50 percent
Small intestine
Hardware disease
A B-Vitamin
31. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Once every 12 months
Swollen hock
Flank
32. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
You S Animal Health Association
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
70% moisture
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
33. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Arteries
3.5-4.0
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Clipping and singeing
34. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Large Plastic Bags
Cation-Anion Difference
Copper sulfate
5
35. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Abortion
Propionic acid
Two weeks prior to calving
36. What pathway in youg calves direct milk into the abomasum - bypassing the rumen - reticulum - and omasum?
50-70
Two times
9%
Esophageal groove
37. Cows that are at risk of developing ketosis can be fed what vitamin to help prevent ketosis?
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Hardware disease
Niacin
30%
38. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Cheese
Vitamin K
20 to 24
39. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
3-6 minutes
8.62 pounds
5
Very good
40. USDEC
Lactose intolerance
High-producing pregnant cows
Black leg
United States Dairy Export Council
41. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Holstein
Direct Microscopic Counts
Corpus Luteum
Side by side (head out)
42. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
Good plus
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Inguinal
20000000
43. NSC
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Abomasum
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
High-producing pregnant cows
44. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Propionic acid
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
45. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
Hormones
Abortion
To add a concentrated form of energy
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
46. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
Water
Streptococus agalactae
Roughage
Dairy character
47. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
25 gallons
305 days
Foreign Agricultural Service
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
48. When discussing feed mixers - What is the range of manufacturers recommmended mixing times?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
300 + degree
87%
3-6 minutes
49. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
80
Holstein
50. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
20000000
Total Digestible Nutrients
% Protein
2.25