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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Roughage
45-55
Pink eye
2. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
72
Blind quarter
Good plus
3. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
85
Guernsey
Restraint and control of the animal
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
4. 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...
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Back flushing
45-55
After each use
5. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Flank
2000's
Brown Swiss
Between 6.0 and 6.5
6. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Cheese
Water
To give birth
50 percent
7. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Symbiotic
Vitamin A
Sickle hocked
8. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
85
Calcium
18
Retained placenta
9. How many das into a pregnancy can a fetus be sexed by ultrasound?
Feeding the cow
300 + degree
After 55 days
24
10. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
300 + degree
Transponders
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
11. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
Mastitis
60 days
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
80
12. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Clipping and singeing
Administered under the skin
The weaving gait of affected cattle
13. Brucellosis is also know as...
% Degradable proteins
Bangs
Net Energy
Zinc
14. If there are large numbers of flies around the dairy barn - what should be the first thing to be examined in an attempt to solve the fly problem?
80
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Manure handling procedures
Drug residue
15. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
20000000
80
Net Energy
16. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
24
Rolling Herd Average
Total Production Index
Milk fever
17. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
North American Free Trade Agreement
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Vitamin K
10 days
18. How many days after parturition should you wait before breeding a cow back?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Calcium
Abomasum
60 days
19. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
Blind quarter
In the cell wall
Poll
300 + degree
20. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
5000000
Milking Shorthorn
European Union
Ringworm
21. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
20 to 24
High % of water
Pulsator
Cheddar cheese
22. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
Once every 12 months
Milk fever
3-6 minutes
Vibriosis
23. When looking at DHI records - what do the letters RHA stand for?
Cystic
Cheddar
Progesterone
Rolling Herd Average
24. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
Body weight
Holstein
Feed
Rolling Herd Average
25. Which cows have higher protein requirements?
High-producing pregnant cows
Rump
Enteritis
Twelve
26. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Heat detection and conception rates
20-30%
Lactose intolerance
Citrate
27. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Holstein
Esophageal groove
Poor
28. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
Income over feed costs
Claw
Feed
9%
29. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
1957
4 years
9%
60
30. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
3 years
National Farmers Organization
20 to 24
Pulsator
31. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
Bovine Somatotropin
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Heat detection and conception rates
8.62 pounds
32. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Mule-foot
101.5 degrees F
Escherichia coli
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
33. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Jersey
Basic Formula Price
25
Prussic acid poisoning
34. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
MyDairy
305 days
Dished
It has a lower vacuum requirement
35. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
3-6 minutes
NAtional Research Council
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
36. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Post-synch
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
After 55 days
XY
37. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
.39%
Brown Swiss
GTPI
300 + degree
38. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
Lactose intolerance
Omasum
Basic Formula Price
30
39. The most costly form of mastitis is?
Loin and chine
XY
Holstein
Subclinical
40. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
Guernsey
14 days
Bangs
Brown Swiss
41. FSA
Stainless steel
Relative Forage Value
Limber leg
Farm Service Agency
42. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
After 55 days
Jersey
Integrated pest management
Left side of the body
43. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
Bangs
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Urea
40 degrees F
44. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
Abortion
Holstein
20-30%
A negatively charged ion
45. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Disbudding
Mycobacterium bovis
Listeria
Brucellosis
46. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
Holstein
Milking Shorthorn
Follicular and luteal
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
47. A dairy cow that has her feet too far forward (under her belly) is said to be...
Ringworm
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Sickle hocked
Hardware disease
48. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
72
70%
Rear feet and legs
Two times
49. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
Digestive
18
Two times
Escherichia coli
50. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Cheddar
Guernsey
Left side of the body
Rolling Herd Average