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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
24
70%
Laminitis
750000
2. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
A negatively charged ion
High % of water
5
Holstein
3. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
Direct Microscopic Counts
Administered in the muscle
MyDairy
Oxytocin
4. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Udder
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Copper sulfate
Two
5. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Two times
Vitamin B
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
62 to 65% moisture
6. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Reticulum
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Fat residue
Dairy character
7. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
Corpus Luteum
Brown Swiss
Claw
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
8. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
5
Streptococus agalactae
Symbiotic
Clipping and singeing
9. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Side by side (head out)
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Beta-carotene
Restraint and control of the animal
10. The rumen of a cow is located...
Cystic
Left side of the body
Zinc
Copper sulfate
11. USDEC
United States Dairy Export Council
45-55
25 gallons
North American Free Trade Agreement
12. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
60 days
Brown Swiss
A minimum of every 6 months
13. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Fat
60
Dairy Comp 305
Dairy character
14. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
Displaced abomasum
Enteritis
Recessive
Flank
15. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
45-55
GTPI
Milk on Demand
Mastitis
16. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
A minimum of every 6 months
16-18
Mammals
Total Mixed Ration
17. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
.39%
Displaced abomasum
A minimum of every 6 months
Guernsey
18. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
To give birth
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
No less than 60% moisture
After 55 days
19. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Beta-carotene
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Copper sulfate
87%
20. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
30 hours
Large Plastic Bags
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Non-forage Carbohydrates
21. Milking time is best reduced by...
Preparing cows properly
Transponders
The weaving gait of affected cattle
National Farmers Organization
22. BFP
Poll
In the cell wall
Basic Formula Price
Drug residue
23. How many das into a pregnancy can a fetus be sexed by ultrasound?
25-30
.39%
After 55 days
Solids removal
24. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
18
Dairy Comp 305
International Dairy Foods Associactions
North American Free Trade Agreement
25. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
Propionic acid
Displaced abomasum
Brucellosis
Administered in the muscle
26. Hairy Heel Wart is scientifically known as what?
12-14 weeks
5
Digital Dermatitis
Black leg
27. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
25-30
When it is proven that she will breed
Rumen and reticulum
Mycotoxins
28. BST is the acronym for what compound?
Preparing cows properly
Bovine Somatotropin
Mycotoxins
Carbon
29. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?
Between 28 to 30 days
3.5-4.0
Food safety and Inspection Service
50-80%
30. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?
Pink eye
400‐500 gallons
Zinc
750000
31. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
Magnesium
Income over feed costs
Digestive
After each use
32. PTAT
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
% Protein
Mycotoxins
Stainless steel
33. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Calories
European Union
PH 4.6
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
34. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Retained placenta
Back flushing
Nitrogen
Income over feed costs
35. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Water
Lactose intolerance
Two weeks prior to calving
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
36. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
Back flushing
25 gallons
30
Methane
37. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?
Mastitis
Negative net energy balance
3.0
After 55 days
38. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
40/60
Once every 12 months
40 degrees F
PGF
39. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
Cheddar
35 to 40%
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
14 days
40. NSC
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Roughage
Inguinal
Chine
41. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Abomasum
Faster
5
Transponders
42. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
30%
Stainless steel
Zinc
43. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
To add a concentrated form of energy
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Clipping and singeing
Two
44. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
25 gallons
Hormones
40 degrees F
Urea
45. Lactation is unique to _________.
Epinephrine
Mammals
Calcium
Composting
46. NFDM
12-14 weeks
Nonfat Dry Milk
Pink eye
Longer than 1.5 inches
47. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Relative Forage Value
40/60
75%
Potassium
48. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
During the first pregnancy
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
3.0
49. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
Rumen
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
25
101.5 degrees F
50. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Symbiotic
Feed
Carbon
100%