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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
100%
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Side by side (head out)
75-79.9
2. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
80
Dairy character
Citrate
14 days
3. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
PH 4.6
75-79.9
Guernsey and Jersey
Feeding the cow
4. What state agency regulates waste management?
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
2:1
After 200 days of lactation
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
5. Which part of an animal touches the ground if he/she is walking on a correct set of feet and legs?
Chine
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Lactose intolerance
Sole
6. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.
Clipping and singeing
Parathyroid gland
Faster
Cheddar cheese
7. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
% Degradable proteins
72
Calories
Carbon Dioxide Gas
8. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
Symbiotic
Parturient paresis
25-30
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
9. Which one of the following describes biotin?
A B-Vitamin
Omasum
Streptococus agalactae
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
10. FSA
Mammals
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
When it is proven that she will breed
Farm Service Agency
11. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Prussic acid poisoning
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Side by side (head out)
12. When sanitizing milking equipment with water - the temperature must be a minimum of 170 degrees F and the utensils are to be under the flow of water for ____________ minute(s).
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
3.0
Left side of the body
5
13. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
Once every 12 months
Corpus Luteum
Milk on Demand
Clipping and singeing
14. What is the scientific term for birth?
24
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Parturtion
Twice/day
15. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
Large intestines
Longer than 1.5 inches
12-14 weeks
Reproductive failure
16. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?
Dairy character
90-100
Income over feed costs
Twelve
17. 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?
Milk on Demand
Manure handling procedures
Rolling Herd Average
Udder
18. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Guernsey and Jersey
It has a lower vacuum requirement
19. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
Follicular and luteal
8.62 pounds
Fat residue
80
20. FSIS
Oxytocin
Cheddar cheese
Food safety and Inspection Service
Solids removal
21. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
Milk on Demand
Inguinal
National Farmers Organization
Sodium
22. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
Oxytocin
40/60
Two times
Digestive
23. FAS
Foreign Agricultural Service
Subclinical
PGF
5
24. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
50
Pulsator
80
Premis ID
25. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Copper
To give birth
Preparing cows properly
PH 4.6
26. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
Black leg
75%
Cation-Anion Difference
Calories
27. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
Bangs
Rump
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
28. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
Esophageal groove
80
Rumen and reticulum
5
29. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Foreign Agricultural Service
Recessive
40 gallons
Bone calcium
30. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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31. For best results calves should be fed colostrum within ____ hours of calving...
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
60
6 hours
10
32. What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis?
10%
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Niacin
25%
33. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Fat
Mycotoxins
Cation-Anion Difference
62 to 65% moisture
34. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
PH 4.6
Brown Swiss
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
High-producing pregnant cows
35. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Guernsey and Jersey
36. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Jersey
4 years
Total Mixed Ration
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
37. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Transponders
Interdigital phlegmon
Calcium
Back flushing
38. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
Small intestine
Udder
2:1
20 to 24
39. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Premis ID
Stainless steel
Holstein
Between 28 to 30 days
40. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Digestive
5-9 years old
25 gallons
41. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
6 hours
Dairy character
Milk on Demand
National Milk Producers Federation
42. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
No less than 60% moisture
Loin and chine
Holstein
Direct Microscopic Counts
43. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Solids removal
4 years
Longer than 1.5 inches
Pasteurizing system
44. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
Abortion
16-18
Two times
Lignin
45. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Parturtion
Nonprotein nitrogen
In the cell wall
46. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Pasteurizing system
You S Animal Health Association
Listeria
60 days
47. 98% of somatic cells are...
Leukocytes
Total Digestible Nutrients
62 to 65% moisture
National Farmers Organization
48. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Very good
Hardware disease
Administered via blood vessels
49. GnRH
Abortion
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.
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
No less than 60% moisture
50. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Symbiotic
40/60
305 days
Retained placenta