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Dairy Cattle Basics

Subjects : industries, dairy
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1. Fresh milk - at a dairy - is required to be cooled to a minimum of 50 degrees F within 4 hours time after milking. However many larger dairies are using a _______________ to accomplish this within minutes.






2. Which cows have higher protein requirements?






3. When compared to normal corn silage - brown mid-rib corn silage has more energy and high digestibility. This is due largely to its lower content of__________.






4. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?






5. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...






6. NFO






7. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...






8. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?






9. 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?






10. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.

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11. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?






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






13. FAS






14. FARAD






15. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...






16. Milking time is best reduced by...






17. GnRH






18. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...






19. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?






20. NFDM






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






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






23. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?






24. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?






25. CCC






26. 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?






27. BST is the acronym for what compound?






28. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.






29. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?






30. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.






31. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?






32. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...






33. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?






34. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?






35. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?






36. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.






37. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?






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






39. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...






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






41. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?






42. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?






43. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.






44. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?






45. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.






46. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.






47. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...






48. What is subcutaneous injection?






49. Lactation is unique to _________.






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