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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
Roughage
9%
Transponders
During the first pregnancy
2. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
Foreign Agricultural Service
15 months
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Cryoscope
3. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Reticulum
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Follicular and luteal
4. A free martin is considered a...
Mud - water - and manure
15 months
Manure handling procedures
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
5. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
Milking Shorthorn
20 to 24
Feed
Hormones
6. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Clipping and singeing
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Rolling Herd Average
7. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
70%
Manure handling procedures
PH 4.6
8. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Omasum
Nonprotein nitrogen
Cryoscope
Udder
9. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?
Very good
Heifer
Urea
50-80%
10. BST is the acronym for what compound?
Bovine Somatotropin
Heifer
Pulsator
Vitamin K
11. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
101.5 degrees F
Total Mixed Ration
Claw
Restraint and control of the animal
12. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
Solids removal
20000000
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Feeding the cow
13. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
Flank
Propionic acid
9 weeks
No less than 60% moisture
14. What is the scientific term for birth?
Rear feet and legs
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Parturtion
Cheddar cheese
15. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Good plus
20-30%
Black leg
Brown Swiss
16. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?
Lignin
60 days
9 weeks
Rumen
17. A dairy cow that has her feet too far forward (under her belly) is said to be...
Beta-carotene
Sickle hocked
NAtional Research Council
10
18. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Between 14 and 35 days
Two
Heat detection and conception rates
80
19. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Parturtion
25 gallons
Calories
20. What is subcutaneous injection?
Milking Shorthorn
Administered under the skin
Claw
Calcium
21. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
Propionic acid
Body weight
45-55
Sole
22. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Administered in the muscle
Side by side (head out)
Direct Microscopic Counts
PGF
23. The circulatory system of a dairy cow is very important to milk production. A dairy cow must circulate about _________ of blood for each pound of milk produced.
Heifer
400 pounds
20 to 24
Parathyroid gland
24. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
10%
Body weight
Mycobacterium bovis
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
25. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Holstein
Between 14 and 35 days
Interdigital phlegmon
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
26. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
3.5-4.0
25%
Cryoscope
27. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
Holstein
Brown Swiss
Retained placenta
Lignin
28. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
10%
50
40/60
By dividing the total amount of milk produced in the past 365 days by the total number of cow years in the herd last year.
29. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
282 days
Rolling Herd Average
30
10 days
30. When can a heifer calf born twin to a bull be registered?
50-70
25-30
When it is proven that she will breed
Between 28 to 30 days
31. 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?
Prussic acid poisoning
Potassium
Commodity Credit Corporation
Water
32. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
NAtional Research Council
Between 28 to 30 days
Nitrogen
To add a concentrated form of energy
33. When feeding close-up cows a calcium deficient diet - which gland is simulated?
Parathyroid gland
Rear feet and legs
Jersey
60 days
34. 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?
GTPI
Manure handling procedures
282 days
Leukocytes
35. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Feed
Parturtion
Stainless steel
36. USDEC
United States Dairy Export Council
Preparing cows properly
18
60 days
37. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Udder
Bangs
Twelve
38. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
PGF
Bone calcium
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Total Mixed Ration
39. 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
Symbiotic
Income over feed costs
Total Production Index
Zinc
40. BVD
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Lignin
Four or more times
41. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Citrate
Dairy character
Stainless steel
Ringworm
42. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
Between 28 to 30 days
Cheddar cheese
Small intestine
Rear feet and legs
43. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Brown Swiss
Rumen and reticulum
Post-synch
70%
44. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
305 days
Premis ID
Poll
16-18
45. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Lactose intolerance
Fat
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Mycotoxins
46. Research has shown that by formulating lactating cow rations with proper amounts of certain amino acids - we can decrease the crude protein content of the ration and reduce _______________________?
Cheese
Mule-foot
Escherichia coli
Nitrogen excretion
47. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
85
Guernsey and Jersey
Basic Formula Price
16-18
48. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Animal Improvement Program Lab
15 months
Negative net energy balance
Holstein
49. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Jersey
Mule-foot
United States Dairy Export Council
Neutral Detergent Fiber
50. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
40 gallons
Omasum
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
A minimum of every 6 months
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