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Dairy Cattle Basics

Subjects : industries, dairy
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1. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?






2. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?






3. IPM






4. What are structural carbohydrates made of?






5. What is subcutaneous injection?






6. 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






7. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.






8. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.






9. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?






10. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...






11. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?






12. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...






13. What is intra musclular injection?






14. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front






15. Brucellosis is also know as...






16. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).






17. When sanitizing milking equipment with water - the temperature must be a minimum of 170 degrees F and the utensils are to be under the flow of water for ____________ minute(s).






18. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?






19. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?






20. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.






21. What is intravenous injection?






22. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?






23. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?






24. A disease transmitted through natural mating which causes abortion - low conception rates - and irregular heat cycles is _____________________.






25. Heritability for milk production in dairy cattle is...






26. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.






27. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?






28. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?






29. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...






30. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?






31. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.






32. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?






33. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?






34. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...






35. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?






36. What is the USDA's AIPL?






37. Heritability for milk production in dairy cattle is...






38. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...






39. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.






40. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?






41. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?






42. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?






43. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?






44. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?






45. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?






46. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______






47. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?






48. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?






49. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.






50. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...






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