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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
1
72
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
2. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
40/60
Vitamin A
International Dairy Foods Associactions
3. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...
Mycotoxins
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Feeding the cow
Citrate
4. 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?
400 pounds
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Sickle hocked
Propionic acid
5. How many das into a pregnancy can a fetus be sexed by ultrasound?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Copper sulfate
30%
After 55 days
6. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
Mycobacterium bovis
Cryoscope
Hormones
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
7. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Methane
Mule-foot
Holstein
Dished
8. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Lactose intolerance
Brown Swiss
Calories
Abomasum
9. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Holstein
70%
After 200 days of lactation
10. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
5
75-79.9
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Mycotoxins
11. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
3 years
101.5 degrees F
When it is proven that she will breed
9%
12. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
Mycotoxins
25
80
Food safety and Inspection Service
13. Fermented forage plants relates to...
15 months
Silage
Loin and chine
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
14. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?
Vitamin K
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Nitrogen
400‐500 gallons
15. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
20
Bovine Somatotropin
Feed
Bone calcium
16. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Digestive
PH 4.6
300 + degree
17. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
The weaving gait of affected cattle
18
Twice/day
60 days
18. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Duodenum
Cation-Anion Difference
Copper
Drug residue
19. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
60 days
Follicular and luteal
5
Dairy character
20. FARAD
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Manure handling procedures
Abortion
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
21. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
Foreign Agricultural Service
750000
Enteritis
% Degradable proteins
22. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
35 to 40%
To give birth
60 days
23. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Brucellosis
18
Jersey
A negatively charged ion
24. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?
PGF
75-79.9
101.5 degrees F
100
25. What state agency regulates waste management?
40 gallons
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Parathyroid gland
26. Dairy cows produce milk that is relatively high in B complex vitamins. Because they are ruminants...
Total Mixed Ration
Calcium
Arteries
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
27. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
400 pounds
United States Dairy Export Council
Holstein
Cystic
28. NAFTA
Retained placenta
Dished
Recessive
North American Free Trade Agreement
29. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
Administered in the muscle
Follicular and luteal
GTPI
14 days
30. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
Swollen hock
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Water
Stainless steel
31. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
5
Very good
Cystic
87%
32. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
50-80%
Modified Live Virus
Oxytocin
After each use
33. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Nonprotein nitrogen
Back flushing
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Holstein
34. PTAT
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Food safety and Inspection Service
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
2.25
35. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
400 pounds
Holstein
No less than 60% moisture
36. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
9 weeks
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Hormones
Sodium
37. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...
25%
30%
24
Mycotoxins
38. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
Holstein
40 gallons
16-18
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
39. When feeding close-up cows a calcium deficient diet - which gland is simulated?
Enteritis
Commodity Credit Corporation
Parathyroid gland
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.
40. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
87%
Mule-foot
5000000
Vitamin A
41. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
Brown Swiss
Sole
Roughage
Copper sulfate
42. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
25 gallons
18
43. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
Zinc
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Fats
In the cell wall
44. IPM
Integrated pest management
10
Vitamin A
Rump
45. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
Very good
Administered in the muscle
Bone calcium
70%
46. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...
Arteries
2.25
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Inguinal
47. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
After each use
Nonprotein nitrogen
Hormones
Esophageal groove
48. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Mud - water - and manure
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Bone calcium
European Union
49. FAS
25
Foreign Agricultural Service
Zinc
Vitamin A
50. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Negative net energy balance
XY
Post-synch
Udder