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Dairy Cattle Basics

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows






2. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?






3. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.






4. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?






5. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?






6. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...






7. What percent of milk is water?






8. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.






9. Which of the following is an infectious disease?






10. What stomach compartments are not developed in a newborn calf?






11. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?






12. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.






13. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.






14. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...






15. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?






16. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?






17. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...






18. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?






19. FSIS






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






21. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?






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






23. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).






24. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?






25. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?






26. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.






27. 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?






28. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?






29. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?






30. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?






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






32. Fresh milk - at a dairy - is required to be cooled to a minimum of 50 degrees F within 4 hours time after milking. However many larger dairies are using a _______________ to accomplish this within minutes.






33. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.






34. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?






35. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?






36. What pathway in youg calves direct milk into the abomasum - bypassing the rumen - reticulum - and omasum?






37. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...






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






39. What is the scientific term for birth?






40. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?






41. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?






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






43. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?






44. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?






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






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






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






48. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?






49. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...






50. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...