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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. 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
Total Production Index
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Integrated pest management
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
2. A free martin is considered a...
6 hours
Pink eye
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
3. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
Holstein
Vitamin A
20000000
Abomasum
4. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
9 weeks
Bangs
Copper
Dairy character
5. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Feeding the cow
400 pounds
Mastitis
6. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
Esophageal groove
300 + degree
A minimum of every 6 months
60
7. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
Extremely fat
Copper sulfate
Omasum
5-9 years old
8. Milking time is best reduced by...
Cystic
Chine
Preparing cows properly
National Farmers Organization
9. What is the scientific term for birth?
Nitrogen excretion
Water
40 degrees F
Parturtion
10. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Cheddar
Between 14 and 35 days
The initiation of milk secretion
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
11. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
A minimum of every 6 months
High-producing pregnant cows
Between 6.0 and 6.5
12. Quality forage is critical for acow's milk production. Many people evaluate hay based upon its green color; others think the color is a poor indication of nutrient composition. However - green colored hay is generally considered to have a higher ____
Digestive
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Beta-carotene
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
13. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
70%
Animal Improvement Program Lab
14. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
Calcium
Premis ID
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Silage
15. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
Abomasum
Negative net energy balance
3 years
75%
16. What is a cation?
Administered in the muscle
Farm Service Agency
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
A positively charged ion
17. What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis?
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
25%
Rear feet and legs
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
18. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Very good
Parturient paresis
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Mule-foot
19. BFP
Basic Formula Price
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
72
.39%
20. Quality forage is critical for acow's milk production. Many people evaluate hay based upon its green color; others think the color is a poor indication of nutrient composition. However - green colored hay is generally considered to have a higher ____
Vitamin B
3.5-4.0
Beta-carotene
Fat residue
21. A bovine female which has not had a calf is a...
Farm Service Agency
101.5 degrees F
Heifer
Sire conception rate
22. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Sodium Bicarbonate
Follicular and luteal
Ringworm
Listeria
23. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
United States Dairy Export Council
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
24
Symbiotic
24. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
Urea
Manure handling procedures
After each use
40 degrees F
25. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Potassium
50
40 gallons
Mule-foot
26. Fermented forage plants relates to...
Holstein
Silage
Direct Microscopic Counts
Vitamin B
27. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
Modified Live Virus
After each use
The weaving gait of affected cattle
.39%
28. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Administered under the skin
25%
Neutral Detergent Fiber
National Milk Producers Federation
29. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
After each use
During the first pregnancy
Premis ID
70% moisture
30. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
Administered under the skin
Milking Shorthorn
Rolling Herd Average
750000
31. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
Interdigital phlegmon
Chine
Rump
Duodenum
32. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
Sodium Bicarbonate
1957
Progesterone
After each use
33. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Farm Service Agency
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
305 days
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
34. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Two weeks prior to calving
25
National Milk Producers Federation
Fats
35. To dairymen - the most harmful disease impacting milk production and their economic bottom line is...
Mastitis
NAtional Research Council
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Reticulum
36. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
40/60
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Plate chiller
Nitrogen excretion
37. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
3 years
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Fat
Heat detection and conception rates
38. 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
Nonfat Dry Milk
Total Production Index
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
5-9 years old
39. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
Calories
Prussic acid poisoning
Farm Service Agency
Mycobacterium bovis
40. IDFA
25%
Limber leg
Parathyroid gland
International Dairy Foods Associactions
41. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Magnesium
Sole
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
42. FSA
Parturient paresis
Farm Service Agency
Longer than 1.5 inches
72
43. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
A negatively charged ion
Hormones
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Silage
44. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
60 days
Roughage
25 gallons
60
45. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Two weeks prior to calving
Parathyroid gland
XY
46. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
Claw
European Union
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Carbon
47. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Preparing cows properly
Sodium Bicarbonate
Animal Improvement Program Lab
48. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
European Union
30 hours
20 to 24
Small Intestine
49. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
Direct Microscopic Counts
400‐500 gallons
North American Free Trade Agreement
Small intestine
50. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Laminitis
25
Interdigital phlegmon
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