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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?
Cystic
Abomasum
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Between 6.0 and 6.5
2. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Holstein
Basic Formula Price
Guernsey
Jersey
3. What is an anion?
Guernsey and Jersey
Feed
Very good
A negatively charged ion
4. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...
Milking Shorthorn
3.5-4.0
Poor
Udder
5. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
United States Dairy Export Council
Brown Swiss
Water
Rolling Herd Average
6. Fermented forage plants relates to...
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
400 pounds
Jersey
Silage
7. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
4 years
60 days
Feed
Holstein
8. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Escherichia coli
MyDairy
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Beta-carotene
9. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Stainless steel
Udder
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
10 days
10. How frequently should an average freshen?
Clipping and singeing
Once every 12 months
Omasum
87%
11. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
400 pounds
Plate chiller
Drug residue
PH 4.6
12. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
60 days
305 days
Retained placenta
Interdigital phlegmon
13. Which cows have higher protein requirements?
100%
Silage
High-producing pregnant cows
282 days
14. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Flank
45-55
Extremely fat
15. It is widely acknowledged that a calcium/phosphorus ration of about ______________ is best for a dairy ration since this mirrors that of the cows' body.
In the cell wall
Mastitis
2:1
Pink eye
16. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
Black leg
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Rear feet and legs
Between 14 and 35 days
17. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Zinc
Side by side (head out)
Parturient paresis
18. 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
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Guernsey and Jersey
3-6 minutes
Total Production Index
19. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Abomasum
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Brown Swiss
Retained placenta
20. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
Total Production Index
Sire conception rate
Holstein
Carbon
21. GnRH
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Roughage
25-30
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
22. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
12-14 weeks
Poor
Good plus
305 days
23. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
After 55 days
During the first pregnancy
Administered via blood vessels
Solids removal
24. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
After each use
% Degradable proteins
In the cell wall
PH 4.6
25. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Transponders
Silage
Between 28 to 30 days
PGF
26. GATT
Guernsey
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Administered in the muscle
27. FSIS
Post-synch
9%
Methane
Food safety and Inspection Service
28. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Water
87%
45-55
Ringworm
29. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
72
Loin and chine
Neutral Detergent Fiber
30. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
Guernsey
Large Plastic Bags
Between 28 to 30 days
Two weeks prior to calving
31. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
100%
Foreign Agricultural Service
European Union
Fat residue
32. PTAT
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Body weight
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
33. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Nitrogen
Food safety and Inspection Service
25%
Manure handling procedures
34. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Clipping and singeing
Interdigital phlegmon
To add a concentrated form of energy
The bottom most part of the tail
35. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
Brucellosis
Non-forage Carbohydrates
87%
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
36. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
Sire conception rate
Large intestines
18
100
37. The most costly form of mastitis is?
You S Animal Health Association
Mastitis
High-producing pregnant cows
Subclinical
38. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Rumen and reticulum
Interdigital phlegmon
In the cell wall
Lactose intolerance
39. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
Feeding the cow
Arteries
Preparing cows properly
80
40. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
30 hours
Retained placenta
Restraint and control of the animal
Jersey
41. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
Reproductive failure
Disbudding
9%
16-18
42. Which one of the following describes biotin?
100
Restraint and control of the animal
A B-Vitamin
After 200 days of lactation
43. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
Body weight
Lignin
Duodenum
12-14 weeks
44. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Calcium
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
9 weeks
Hardware disease
45. When can a heifer calf born twin to a bull be registered?
Water
750000
When it is proven that she will breed
50-70
46. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
Holstein
6 hours
Mastitis
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
47. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
Zinc
No less than 60% moisture
75-79.9
2:1
48. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
72
2:1
80
GTPI
49. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
Vibriosis
5
75%
Streptococus agalactae
50. Hairy Heel Wart is scientifically known as what?
Digital Dermatitis
45-55
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices