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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. Research has shown that by formulating lactating cow rations with proper amounts of certain amino acids - we can decrease the crude protein content of the ration and reduce _______________________?
Four or more times
Abomasum
Subclinical
Nitrogen excretion

2. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
1957
87%
16-18
During the first pregnancy

3. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Jersey
Plate chiller
Digital Dermatitis

4. What is lactogenesis?
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
25 gallons
The initiation of milk secretion
Foreign Agricultural Service

5. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Small intestine
Premis ID
Direct Microscopic Counts

6. Which cows have higher protein requirements?
High-producing pregnant cows
Parathyroid gland
Small intestine
Direct Microscopic Counts

7. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
5000000
Pasteurizing system
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
3.5-4.0

8. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
Corpus Luteum
16-18
After each use
Reduce the incidence of mastitis

9. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Swollen hock
60 days
Guernsey and Jersey

10. Brucellosis is also know as...
Bangs
10%
Solids removal
25%

11. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
After 200 days of lactation
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
20000000

12. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...
Methane
NAtional Research Council
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Premis ID

13. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Dairy Comp 305
Calories
Retained placenta
The bacteria Escherichia Coli

14. CCC
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Digital Dermatitis
Magnesium
Commodity Credit Corporation

15. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
National Milk Producers Federation
Abomasum
Nitrogen
Bovine Somatotropin

16. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Water
Neutral Detergent Fiber
40 degrees F

17. Coccidia infection can occur when calves are 4 to 8 weeks old. Coccidia causes...
Progesterone
Streptococus agalactae
Enteritis
Listeria

18. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
Heifer
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
25 gallons
Follicle stimulating hormone

19. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Heat detection and conception rates
Relative Forage Value
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
To give birth

20. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
282 days
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex

21. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
Holstein
Feed
10 days
Rolling Herd Average

22. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?
Large intestines
Total Digestible Nutrients
85
Recessive

23. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Jersey
Transponders
Fats
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them

24. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
Abomasum
Very good
Fat
80

25. 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
Chine
After 200 days of lactation
Foreign Agricultural Service

26. 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.
Very good
10 days
2:1
Methane

27. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Back flushing
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Lactose intolerance
Hardware disease

28. EU
Milk on Demand
European Union
Roughage
10%

29. IPM
30
Integrated pest management
Vitamin A
Leukocytes

30. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Modified Live Virus
Copper
Inguinal
Manure handling procedures

31. The typical lactation curve shows a dairy cow reaching her peak production about ________days into the lactation cycle.
Milk on Demand
3-6 minutes
50-70
Brown Swiss

32. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
High % of water
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Parathyroid gland
Two times

33. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Roughage
10 days
Niacin
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar

34. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
Lignin
Basic Formula Price
Hormones
Abomasum

35. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
50
14 days
Clipping and singeing
Holstein

36. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?
PH 4.6
Guernsey
The weaving gait of affected cattle
MyDairy

37. %DBH
Composting
Fats
Ringworm
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers

38. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
75%
9 weeks
Total Mixed Ration
Esophageal groove

39. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...
Omasum
Milking Shorthorn
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows

40. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
Nonprotein nitrogen
Dished
You S Animal Health Association
To add a concentrated form of energy

41. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Two
Post-synch
A minimum of every 6 months
Follicular and luteal

42. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
MyDairy
Vitamin A
50
Sole

43. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
Reticulum
Epinephrine
You S Animal Health Association
100

44. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
Twice/day
When it is proven that she will breed
Milk on Demand
6 hours

45. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
Stainless steel
GTPI
Esophageal groove
Udder

46. What percent of milk is water?
European Union
Commodity Credit Corporation
87%
Potassium

47. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Cystic
Citrate
Listeria
3 years

48. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
Longer than 1.5 inches
Large Plastic Bags
To give birth
40 degrees F

49. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
% Protein
Jersey
Fats
Listeria

50. NFO
Income over feed costs
Nonprotein nitrogen
National Farmers Organization
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system