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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
A minimum of every 6 months
Basic Formula Price
45-55
40 gallons
2. Cows produce pheromones which...
Body weight
PGF
400 pounds
Attract the opposite sex
3. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?
European Union
Twelve
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
PH 4.6
4. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
75%
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Heat detection and conception rates
5. What state agency regulates waste management?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Poor
Copper sulfate
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
6. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
Swollen hock
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Two times
Sire conception rate
7. 98% of somatic cells are...
Leukocytes
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
40 degrees F
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
8. Coccidia infection can occur when calves are 4 to 8 weeks old. Coccidia causes...
Swollen hock
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
30 hours
Enteritis
9. 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?
50 percent
Hardware disease
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Displaced abomasum
10. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
70% moisture
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Recessive
11. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
Pasteurizing system
16-18
45-55
Poor
12. Heritability for milk production in dairy cattle is...
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
30%
Extremely fat
After 55 days
13. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Two weeks prior to calving
A positively charged ion
Abomasum
Very good
14. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?
Attract the opposite sex
Urea
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Very good
15. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
Blind quarter
9 weeks
Side by side (head out)
60 days
16. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
35 to 40%
Hardware disease
Blind quarter
Plate chiller
17. 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.
European Union
Direct Microscopic Counts
2:1
Nitrogen
18. PTAT
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Oxytocin
Epinephrine
Displaced abomasum
19. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Total Mixed Ration
Lactose intolerance
Water
Nitrogen
20. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
9 weeks
Transponders
Fats
21. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Propionic acid
9%
GTPI
22. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Fats
Mycobacterium bovis
Negative net energy balance
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
23. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Relative Forage Value
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Citrate
Post-synch
24. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
8.62 pounds
Magnesium
Listeria
A positively charged ion
25. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Mastitis
70%
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
26. FSA
30%
Farm Service Agency
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Calcium
27. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
No less than 60% moisture
90-100
Progesterone
Premis ID
28. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
5000000
Niacin
Large Plastic Bags
Streptococus agalactae
29. Which of the following is a compartment of the dairy cow's stomach?
1957
Abomasum
Citrate
Feed
30. CCC
101.5 degrees F
Direct Microscopic Counts
Beta-carotene
Commodity Credit Corporation
31. What is lactogenesis?
5
The initiation of milk secretion
Progesterone
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
32. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Prussic acid poisoning
Feed
33. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Cystic
Roughage
Side by side (head out)
Mycotoxins
34. FARAD
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Enteritis
Potassium
400 pounds
35. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
Urea
5
Preparing cows properly
Pulsator
36. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Modified Live Virus
100
Carbon
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
37. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
70%
Interdigital phlegmon
Rumen
Heat detection and conception rates
38. 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
Ringworm
20 to 24
Drug residue
39. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
5000000
Solids removal
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Reticulum
40. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Oxytocin
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Poll
Claw
41. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Sodium
MyDairy
42. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
Two
The weaving gait of affected cattle
9 weeks
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
43. What is the hormone that causes Uterine contractions to assist in parturition?
Oxytocin
10 days
Farm Service Agency
Escherichia coli
44. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Poor
Vitamin B
Increase - 5
Citrate
45. The most costly form of mastitis is?
Bangs
Subclinical
Two weeks prior to calving
Displaced abomasum
46. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
Side by side (head out)
Good plus
Retained placenta
20-30%
47. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
A B-Vitamin
Digestive
A positively charged ion
Commodity Credit Corporation
48. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
Small intestine
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Very good
Hardware disease
49. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
Follicular and luteal
Integrated pest management
Drug residue
60 days
50. 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
Total Production Index
Brown Swiss
Non-forage Carbohydrates
75%