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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
Large Plastic Bags
Recessive
6 hours
Feed
2. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Sire conception rate
Cation-Anion Difference
Omasum
85
3. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
When it is proven that she will breed
305 days
PGF
40 gallons
4. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
Extremely fat
Epinephrine
Esophageal groove
40 degrees F
5. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
10 days
4 years
Clipping and singeing
Plate chiller
6. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
30%
12-14 weeks
Brown Swiss
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
7. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
Brucellosis
Administered in the muscle
Displaced abomasum
Subclinical
8. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
Water
Holstein
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
100%
9. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Brown Swiss
Total Production Index
Small intestine
10. 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.
Heifer
2:1
3-6 minutes
Methane
11. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
50 percent
To give birth
5
16-18
12. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Vitamin A
Potassium
Corpus Luteum
13. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...
100
Two times
8.62 pounds
3.5-4.0
14. What units are used to measure energy?
Income over feed costs
Food safety and Inspection Service
Calcium
Calories
15. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Limber leg
Brucellosis
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
16. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Faster
5000000
Administered in the muscle
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
17. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
Interdigital phlegmon
Brown Swiss
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
% Degradable proteins
18. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Ringworm
75%
Once every 12 months
After 55 days
19. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
To give birth
MyDairy
Poor
Cryoscope
20. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
25 gallons
Small Intestine
Premis ID
Parturient paresis
21. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.
18
3-6 minutes
Twelve
Digestive
22. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
Symbiotic
% Protein
PGF
Copper
23. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
70% moisture
Integrated pest management
Brown Swiss
24. NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
High % of water
NAtional Research Council
25. 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?
Total Mixed Ration
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Recessive
Rolling Herd Average
26. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Composting
Mastitis
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Ringworm
27. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Twelve
Dished
Administered under the skin
30 hours
28. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Abomasum
5
Composting
% Protein
29. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
Cheddar cheese
Mycotoxins
Rump
Good plus
30. PTAT
Retained placenta
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
305 days
Left side of the body
31. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Streptococus agalactae
Longer than 1.5 inches
Omasum
Fat
32. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...
Small Intestine
Recessive
10
Arteries
33. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
% Degradable proteins
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
25 gallons
Pink eye
34. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
50-70
Milking Shorthorn
Non-forage Carbohydrates
35. GnRH
Sire conception rate
Increase - 5
% Protein
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
36. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
Holstein
Subclinical
Back flushing
Oxytocin
37. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
Manure handling procedures
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
5-9 years old
282 days
38. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Between 14 and 35 days
90-100
60 days
85
39. In the ruminant digestive system - which to the following is the name of first section of the small intestine that is connected to the abomasum?
60 days
Udder
35 to 40%
Duodenum
40. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Bovine Somatotropin
GTPI
Nonfat Dry Milk
Omasum
41. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Cystic
Water
10
42. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
Flank
25 gallons
Fats
10
43. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Escherichia coli
Milk on Demand
70%
Esophageal groove
44. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
Milk on Demand
40/60
9 weeks
A minimum of every 6 months
45. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Dairy Comp 305
Direct Microscopic Counts
Hardware disease
46. This vitamin plays a role in the coagulation of blood...
Vitamin K
5-9 years old
25 gallons
Twelve
47. When feeding close-up cows a calcium deficient diet - which gland is simulated?
Parathyroid gland
Very good
Chine
2000's
48. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
16-18
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Alfalfa and Clover
Sodium
49. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
Citrate
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Restraint and control of the animal
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
50. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
Guernsey and Jersey
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
60
Non-forage Carbohydrates