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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
1
Stainless steel
Twice/day
Guernsey
2. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
Lignin
20
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
90-100
3. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
Nitrogen excretion
35 to 40%
4 years
Composting
4. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
305 days
After each use
Water
Foreign Agricultural Service
5. What is a cation?
A positively charged ion
Vitamin A
Calories
Calcium
6. If there are large numbers of flies around the dairy barn - what should be the first thing to be examined in an attempt to solve the fly problem?
To give birth
5000000
European Union
Manure handling procedures
7. NMPF
Progesterone
20
Duodenum
National Milk Producers Federation
8. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Nitrogen
Total Digestible Nutrients
Net Energy
9. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Digital Dermatitis
Carbon Dioxide Gas
3.0
XY
10. To dairymen - the most harmful disease impacting milk production and their economic bottom line is...
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Fats
Mastitis
Milking Shorthorn
11. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
Carbon
Total Digestible Nutrients
Nonprotein nitrogen
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
12. NFDM
Total Digestible Nutrients
Abortion
Nonfat Dry Milk
GTPI
13. 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?
Sole
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
30%
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
14. FARAD
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Dairy Comp 305
Swollen hock
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
15. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
Urea
Vitamin A
Zinc
10 days
16. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
60 days
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Laminitis
Follicle stimulating hormone
17. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
A minimum of every 6 months
Preparing cows properly
3 years
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
18. Quality forage is critical for acow's milk production. Many people evaluate hay based upon its green color; others think the color is a poor indication of nutrient composition. However - green colored hay is generally considered to have a higher ____
Cation-Anion Difference
After 200 days of lactation
Beta-carotene
50
19. NMPF
National Milk Producers Federation
Between 14 and 35 days
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
High % of water
20. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Disbudding
Two
24 hours
30 hours
21. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
Restraint and control of the animal
Heat detection and conception rates
Abomasum
5
22. When looking at DHI records - what do the letters RHA stand for?
75%
Rolling Herd Average
Small Intestine
During the first pregnancy
23. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
1957
Cheddar cheese
Vitamin B
Stainless steel
24. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
A negatively charged ion
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Rumen
Cheese
25. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
Post-synch
30
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
MyDairy
26. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Calories
Between 14 and 35 days
70%
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
27. The most costly form of mastitis is?
% Degradable proteins
Subclinical
Corpus Luteum
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
28. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Heat detection and conception rates
Pink eye
29. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
PGF
Udder
16-18
After each use
30. What state agency regulates waste management?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Very good
You S Animal Health Association
Manure handling procedures
31. Lactation is unique to _________.
Parturtion
Mammals
Good plus
Rump
32. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
Increase - 5
MyDairy
Brucellosis
50-80%
33. A free martin is considered a...
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
3 years
Calcium
Extremely fat
34. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
Swollen hock
282 days
Brucellosis
Roughage
35. USDEC
400‐500 gallons
United States Dairy Export Council
Water
Displaced abomasum
36. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
25
Administered under the skin
Rumen
Claw
37. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
4 years
Nitrogen
50-70
The initiation of milk secretion
38. What state agency regulates waste management?
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
9%
Follicle stimulating hormone
39. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
30
Reticulum
Restraint and control of the animal
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
40. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?
Propionic acid
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Nonprotein nitrogen
High-producing pregnant cows
41. 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...
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Alfalfa and Clover
NAtional Research Council
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
42. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
Body weight
Silage
Direct Microscopic Counts
Milk on Demand
43. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
10%
2.25
Corpus Luteum
44. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
5000000
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
16-18
45. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Heifer
Dairy Comp 305
Integrated pest management
Between 6.0 and 6.5
46. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?
24
Total Digestible Nutrients
100
Pink eye
47. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
Reproductive failure
Holstein
Parturient paresis
Basic Formula Price
48. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
Total Digestible Nutrients
Epinephrine
Faster
Rear feet and legs
49. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
2.25
1
Brown Swiss
750000
50. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Back flushing
Reproductive failure
Solids removal
Heat detection and conception rates