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Dairy Cattle Basics

Subjects : industries, dairy
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1. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows






2. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?






3. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?






4. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?






5. BST is the acronym for what compound?






6. The most costly form of mastitis is?






7. Which one of the following describes biotin?






8. BST is the acronym for what compound?






9. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.






10. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?






11. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...






12. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...






13. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.






14. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.






15. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?






16. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?






17. Milk that is low in SCC has more casein - which is a primary component in _______?






18. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?






19. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?






20. CCC






21. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.






22. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?






23. What is the hormone that causes Uterine contractions to assist in parturition?






24. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?






25. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...






26. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.






27. Lactation is unique to _________.






28. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?






29. Where are non-degradable proteins absorbed?






30. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?






31. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?






32. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.






33. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.






34. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.






35. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?






36. When compared to normal corn silage - brown mid-rib corn silage has more energy and high digestibility. This is due largely to its lower content of__________.






37. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?






38. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.






39. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...






40. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.






41. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...






42. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...






43. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.






44. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.

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45. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?






46. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.






47. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...






48. What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis?






49. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?






50. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...