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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
3-6 minutes
Nonprotein nitrogen
Back flushing
305 days

2. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Listeria
400 pounds
Flank
Zinc

3. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
During the first pregnancy
Retained placenta
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Post-synch

4. USAHA
You S Animal Health Association
Farm Service Agency
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type

5. What state agency regulates waste management?
Holstein
300 + degree
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Carbon Dioxide Gas

6. Many dairymen 'dock' the tail on their cows much to the chagrin of Animals Rights groups. They believe This is necessary to...
Brown Swiss
12-14 weeks
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100

7. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Water
Ringworm
.39%
Water

8. Cows treated with BST typically show an increase in milk production of...
Fat
Bone calcium
10%
Carbon

9. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
40/60
Epinephrine
1957
10 days

10. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
Abomasum
3.0
Cation-Anion Difference
Holstein

11. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Alfalfa and Clover
Between 14 and 35 days
Good plus
Brown Swiss

12. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
Displaced abomasum
Income over feed costs
16-18
XY

13. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Copper sulfate
Cystic
1
Magnesium

14. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Streptococus agalactae
Disbudding

15. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
Mycotoxins
XY
9 weeks
During the first pregnancy

16. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
Poll
1957
Carbon
Four or more times

17. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Administered in the muscle
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.
Feeding the cow
GTPI

18. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Dished
30%
Corpus Luteum
Modified Live Virus

19. What is the scientific term for birth?
Parturtion
Guernsey
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Large intestines

20. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
16-18
Feed
In the cell wall
The bacteria Escherichia Coli

21. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
Energy
5
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Sodium

22. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...
72
Feeding the cow
Corpus Luteum
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex

23. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
Commodity Credit Corporation
10
Manure handling procedures
Feed

24. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
Drug residue
80
MyDairy
Hardware disease

25. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
Cheddar cheese
Mastitis
20000000
Non-forage Carbohydrates

26. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
60 days
Nitrogen excretion
Black leg
Nitrogen

27. PTAT
Food safety and Inspection Service
Integrated pest management
Rump
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type

28. 98% of somatic cells are...
Body weight
Leukocytes
72
Attract the opposite sex

29. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
9%
After 200 days of lactation
Milk on Demand
Vitamin B

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

31. Which cows have higher protein requirements?
High-producing pregnant cows
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Drug residue
Pulsator

32. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?
Nonprotein nitrogen
Subclinical
Holstein
Stainless steel

33. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Udder
Cystic
3.5-4.0
To give birth

34. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
Hormones
4 years
70%
After 200 days of lactation

35. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Fat
Bovine Somatotropin
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Epinephrine

36. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
3.5-4.0
Milk on Demand
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Net Energy

37. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
Body weight
50
Parturtion
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side

38. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
North American Free Trade Agreement
Side by side (head out)
After 55 days
Abomasum

39. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
3-6 minutes
3 years
Calcium
Magnesium

40. What is subcutaneous injection?
Fats
Pink eye
Administered under the skin
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals

41. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
60 days
Digital Dermatitis
72
16-18

42. EU
The weaving gait of affected cattle
1957
Administered via blood vessels
European Union

43. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Guernsey
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Holstein
100

44. The typical lactation curve shows a dairy cow reaching her peak production about ________days into the lactation cycle.
50-70
Mastitis
80
Prussic acid poisoning

45. Many dairymen 'dock' the tail on their cows much to the chagrin of Animals Rights groups. They believe This is necessary to...
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Large intestines
Milking Shorthorn

46. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Retained placenta
Sire conception rate
Guernsey
% Degradable proteins

47. FAS
PGF
Foreign Agricultural Service
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Total Mixed Ration

48. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
Jersey
3.5-4.0
80
Sickle hocked

49. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
High % of water
1
62 to 65% moisture
Post-synch

50. NRC
Rump
10
NAtional Research Council
No less than 60% moisture