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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
5-9 years old
Cheddar
50-80%
Total Production Index
2. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
Copper sulfate
Administered under the skin
Composting
Omasum
3. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
100
Sodium
Reproductive failure
A B-Vitamin
4. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
10 days
8.62 pounds
75%
5. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Citrate
Claw
Guernsey
6. How frequently should an average freshen?
Once every 12 months
80
Basic Formula Price
Pulsator
7. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
60 days
Heat detection and conception rates
Digital Dermatitis
Parturtion
8. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
Sodium
Progesterone
70% moisture
Oxytocin
9. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
2:1
Twice/day
Milk on Demand
10
10. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
International Dairy Foods Associactions
40 degrees F
Alfalfa and Clover
20 to 24
11. Fermented forage plants relates to...
High % of water
Inguinal
Silage
Food safety and Inspection Service
12. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Composting
Poll
Retained placenta
1
13. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Post-synch
Copper sulfate
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
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.
14. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
3-6 minutes
2000's
Parturient paresis
Interdigital phlegmon
15. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
Laminitis
Total Mixed Ration
Niacin
Copper
16. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
Income over feed costs
Feeding the cow
Potassium
4 years
17. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
80
Carbon
1957
Very good
18. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
300 + degree
The bottom most part of the tail
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
20000000
19. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
No less than 60% moisture
5
24
% Protein
20. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
40/60
14 days
20-30%
21. Which of the following is a compartment of the dairy cow's stomach?
Drug residue
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Abomasum
Farm Service Agency
22. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
Nonprotein nitrogen
Good plus
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Animal Improvement Program Lab
23. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
20
Brown Swiss
72
Basic Formula Price
24. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Potassium
Feeding the cow
% Degradable proteins
Mastitis
25. FARAD
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
100
National Milk Producers Federation
Silage
26. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...
Twelve
Arteries
After 200 days of lactation
Symbiotic
27. The most costly form of mastitis is?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Guernsey
Subclinical
Left side of the body
28. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
24
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Jersey
Two
29. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
Fat
50-70
Drug residue
90-100
30. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Laminitis
Citrate
Nitrogen
Parathyroid gland
31. Brucellosis is also know as...
Enteritis
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Ringworm
Bangs
32. A switch on a cow is...
The bottom most part of the tail
Brown Swiss
PH 4.6
Flank
33. 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.
Stainless steel
Poor
Side by side (head out)
2:1
34. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Energy
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
35. To dairymen - the most harmful disease impacting milk production and their economic bottom line is...
Brucellosis
Mastitis
1957
24 hours
36. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
Nitrogen
Rear feet and legs
Fats
Income over feed costs
37. NFO
National Farmers Organization
Potassium
Guernsey
The initiation of milk secretion
38. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
% Degradable proteins
9%
Hormones
Abomasum
39. Milking time is best reduced by...
Good plus
1957
Roughage
Preparing cows properly
40. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
16-18
60 days
PGF
Swollen hock
41. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
High % of water
70%
300 + degree
Oxytocin
42. What is the approximate time of ovulation in cattle after the beginning of heat?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
24 hours
30 hours
Non-forage Carbohydrates
43. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
1957
PH 4.6
Very good
5
44. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Brown Swiss
MyDairy
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Left side of the body
45. 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.
Water
2:1
Nitrogen excretion
10
46. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
Heat detection and conception rates
In the cell wall
Disbudding
400‐500 gallons
47. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
Copper sulfate
Potassium
Nonprotein nitrogen
35 to 40%
48. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
101.5 degrees F
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Hormones
12-14 weeks
49. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
Recessive
Sodium Bicarbonate
During the first pregnancy
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
50. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
Claw
100%
Flank
Rumen and reticulum