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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. %DBH
XY
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Calories
Inguinal

2. BFP
Leukocytes
Nonprotein nitrogen
Basic Formula Price
Sole

3. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
Brown Swiss
Back flushing
10
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage

4. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
No less than 60% moisture
Cheddar cheese
Limber leg
Animal Improvement Program Lab

5. Almost 95% of the dairy cows in the U.S. are...
Progesterone
Holstein
282 days
50-70

6. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Subclinical
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
20000000

7. For best results calves should be fed colostrum within ____ hours of calving...
Food safety and Inspection Service
Alfalfa and Clover
6 hours
Cheddar cheese

8. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
5
25%
40 gallons
750000

9. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
Flank
Side by side (head out)
Drug residue
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

10. NRC
NAtional Research Council
Cheddar cheese
25 gallons
National Farmers Organization

11. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.
18
15 months
Basic Formula Price
The bottom most part of the tail

12. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...
Milking Shorthorn
5-9 years old
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Ringworm

13. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
Cystic
Brown Swiss
Restraint and control of the animal
Abomasum

14. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?
5000000
Symbiotic
Lignin
70% moisture

15. USDEC
Loin and chine
Zinc
United States Dairy Export Council
You S Animal Health Association

16. 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?
50-70
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
30
Subclinical

17. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Silage
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Hormones

18. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
Escherichia coli
3.5-4.0
Digital Dermatitis
Integrated pest management

19. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
50 percent
Guernsey
Listeria
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)

20. 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.
400 pounds
3-6 minutes
After each use
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices

21. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Direct Microscopic Counts
Brown Swiss
2000's
25%

22. What is subcutaneous injection?
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
GTPI
Administered under the skin
Claw

23. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Potassium
Streptococus agalactae
A minimum of every 6 months
Reticulum

24. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Mammals
30 hours
Fats

25. 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?
Duodenum
Methane
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Small Intestine

26. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
Subclinical
16-18
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Nonstructural Carbohydrates

27. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
50 percent
% Protein
Black leg

28. What is a cation?
85
A positively charged ion
Pasteurizing system
80

29. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Holstein
40 degrees F
60 days
40/60

30. Cows treated with BST typically show an increase in milk production of...
After each use
10%
70%
Direct Microscopic Counts

31. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
Fat residue
Negative net energy balance
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Relative Forage Value

32. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...
Income over feed costs
Brown Swiss
Milking Shorthorn
To give birth

33. USDEC
Jersey
United States Dairy Export Council
Brown Swiss
80

34. A disease causing air bubbles under the skin and usually results in rapid death is __________.
70% moisture
Negative net energy balance
Black leg
Twice/day

35. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
Oxytocin
Urea
Very good
Feeding the cow

36. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
75%
3 years
400 pounds
Relative Forage Value

37. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
Zinc
Extremely fat
Cheese
300 + degree

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...
70%
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
% Protein
Twice/day

39. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
750000
Nonprotein nitrogen
% Protein
Mastitis

40. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
Inguinal
5-9 years old
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers

41. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
Rumen
Milking Shorthorn
Heat detection and conception rates
Very good

42. NAFTA
60 days
70%
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
North American Free Trade Agreement

43. What is intravenous injection?
Administered via blood vessels
Between 6.0 and 6.5
During the first pregnancy
5-9 years old

44. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Decreases - increases
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Poor

45. What is the scientific term for birth?
The bottom most part of the tail
Parturtion
Mud - water - and manure
Inguinal

46. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
Sickle hocked
50
Between 14 and 35 days
To add a concentrated form of energy

47. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Holstein
GTPI
3.0
Dished

48. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
75%
Ringworm
Sickle hocked
Post-synch

49. 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?
Symbiotic
Manure handling procedures
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Integrated pest management

50. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
Brown Swiss
Flank
35 to 40%
5000000

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