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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
Cation-Anion Difference
During the first pregnancy
Four or more times
9 weeks

2. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
Milking Shorthorn
Lignin
72
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices

3. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
Copper
Energy
5
24

4. NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
Black leg
Cryoscope
Jersey

5. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?
United States Dairy Export Council
Cystic
Milking Shorthorn
Longer than 1.5 inches

6. What is the scientific term for birth?
Parturtion
14 days
When it is proven that she will breed
Side by side (head out)

7. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Between 28 to 30 days
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
80
To give birth

8. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Nitrogen excretion
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Oxytocin
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate

9. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
5000000
Inguinal
40/60
5

10. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
1
Cystic
2:1
Plate chiller

11. A switch on a cow is...
20-30%
The bottom most part of the tail
Claw
Esophageal groove

12. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
Negative net energy balance
Loin and chine
Beta-carotene
80

13. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Solids removal
100
Cheese
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy

14. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
Twice/day
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Progesterone
25

15. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
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.
72
90-100
Roughage

16. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
Disbudding
25
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Composting

17. BVD
Feed
Composting
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Displaced abomasum

18. When discussing feed mixers - What is the range of manufacturers recommmended mixing times?
Jersey
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Brown Swiss
3-6 minutes

19. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Mastitis
Composting
Vitamin K

20. When can a heifer calf born twin to a bull be registered?
When it is proven that she will breed
Flank
9 weeks
Registered Holstein Ancestry

21. %DBH
Twice/day
80
50
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers

22. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Zinc
Mud - water - and manure
Holstein

23. CCC
Total Digestible Nutrients
Commodity Credit Corporation
Zinc
United States Dairy Export Council

24. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Lignin
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Ringworm

25. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Increase - 5
Citrate
Vitamin A
Mastitis

26. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Corpus Luteum
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Premis ID
Income over feed costs

27. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
14 days
Energy
The weaving gait of affected cattle
300 + degree

28. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
Pasteurizing system
Poll
Mycotoxins
Retained placenta

29. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
% Protein
Poor
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Feeding the cow

30. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?
Water
Beta-carotene
Poor
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

31. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...
Urea
50
Nonfat Dry Milk
Feeding the cow

32. Milk that is low in SCC has more casein - which is a primary component in _______?
5
Once every 12 months
Cheese
20 to 24

33. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Escherichia coli
MyDairy
Carbon
Drug residue

34. 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.
2:1
Large Plastic Bags
Hardware disease
Cheese

35. What is intra musclular injection?
Administered in the muscle
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
.39%
Roughage

36. What is subcutaneous injection?
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
45-55
Administered under the skin
Oxytocin

37. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
4 years
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Copper sulfate
When it is proven that she will breed

38. NRC
Chine
Composting
Mammals
NAtional Research Council

39. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Milk on Demand
Solids removal
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance

40. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
2:1
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Food safety and Inspection Service
Loin and chine

41. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?
Cheese
Rolling Herd Average
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Post-synch

42. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
20
Holstein
24 hours
Jersey

43. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Omasum
Vitamin A
Lactose intolerance
XY

44. Cow comfort has been linked to milk production in numerous research studies. Not an example of a way to improve cow comfort used by dairymen?
Silage
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Flank
Esophageal groove

45. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...
9%
300 + degree
100
Sodium Bicarbonate

46. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
Small Intestine
Sodium
75-79.9
National Farmers Organization

47. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
Administered in the muscle
No less than 60% moisture
Nitrogen
Beta-carotene

48. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...
50-70
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Oxytocin
To give birth

49. Cows produce pheromones which...
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Mycotoxins
Vibriosis
Attract the opposite sex

50. A bovine female which has not had a calf is a...
Heifer
40/60
Sole
Sodium Bicarbonate

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