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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Symbiotic
Guernsey
300 + degree
Milking Shorthorn

2. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Milking Shorthorn
Dairy Comp 305
Jersey
Propionic acid

3. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
Post-synch
Restraint and control of the animal
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Heat detection and conception rates

4. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
Limber leg
Mule-foot
High-producing pregnant cows
Administered in the muscle

5. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...
Vibriosis
50-70
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Mycotoxins

6. Which one of the following describes biotin?
60 days
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
A B-Vitamin
Carbon Dioxide Gas

7. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Guernsey
Pink eye
750000

8. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
Alfalfa and Clover
Mycobacterium bovis
Administered under the skin
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100

9. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.
Propionic acid
60
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
70%

10. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
10%
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Rolling Herd Average

11. 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.
10
Flank
20 to 24
Plate chiller

12. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
5000000
14 days
Reproductive failure
5

13. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Holstein
Propionic acid
18
NAtional Research Council

14. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
Epinephrine
Zinc
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
12-14 weeks

15. HTST is a ______________
Post-synch
Pasteurizing system
8.62 pounds
To add a concentrated form of energy

16. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
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.
Transponders
Flank
Faster

17. NFDM
To add a concentrated form of energy
85
Twelve
Nonfat Dry Milk

18. Heritability for milk production in dairy cattle is...
30%
Restraint and control of the animal
62 to 65% moisture
Animal Improvement Program Lab

19. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Brown Swiss
4 years
Good plus
Increase - 5

20. IDFA
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Citrate
International Dairy Foods Associactions
300 + degree

21. In order to prevent bloat - the feed additive Poloxalene is often added to feed rations for cows that are grazing. Which of the following grazed forages are most likely to cause bloat?
Increase - 5
Oxytocin
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Alfalfa and Clover

22. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Copper
Milking Shorthorn
Parturient paresis

23. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...
5
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Digestive
16-18

24. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Fats
Left side of the body
4 years
Premis ID

25. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
45-55
75%
Abomasum
Loin and chine

26. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
85
Prussic acid poisoning
Guernsey and Jersey

27. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
In the cell wall
2.25
Abomasum
Mud - water - and manure

28. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
Cheddar cheese
40 gallons
Roughage
Negative net energy balance

29. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Ringworm
750000
Citrate

30. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
Parathyroid gland
Claw
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Mud - water - and manure

31. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Faster
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
72
Good plus

32. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Holstein
20
Blind quarter

33. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
Lactose intolerance
Between 28 to 30 days
Premis ID
.39%

34. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
Mule-foot
50-70
Holstein
5000000

35. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
Digestive
North American Free Trade Agreement
Modified Live Virus
Body weight

36. FARAD
10
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Heat detection and conception rates

37. 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.
Silage
400‐500 gallons
Plate chiller
Nitrogen excretion

38. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?
750000
Pulsator
Vitamin B
Rumen

39. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
After 55 days
Displaced abomasum
Small intestine
To add a concentrated form of energy

40. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
Mycobacterium bovis
High % of water
5000000
80

41. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
50 percent
Small intestine
Hormones
After 55 days

42. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
30%
Guernsey
Follicular and luteal
10

43. 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...
Mastitis
50-70
10
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals

44. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
Methane
During the first pregnancy
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
18

45. The rumen of a cow is located...
Once every 12 months
After each use
Left side of the body
Total Mixed Ration

46. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
30
Total Production Index
European Union
5-9 years old

47. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Lactose intolerance
Increase - 5
Brown Swiss
Bone calcium

48. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
Reticulum
750000
Rear feet and legs
Feeding the cow

49. What is the scientific term for birth?
50-80%
40 gallons
10%
Parturtion

50. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
8.62 pounds
282 days
Omasum
Milk on Demand