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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. NFO
Pasteurizing system
National Farmers Organization
Large Plastic Bags
9 weeks
2. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
Sole
Milking Shorthorn
During the first pregnancy
Food safety and Inspection Service
3. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
80
Mycobacterium bovis
4. Cows that are at risk of developing ketosis can be fed what vitamin to help prevent ketosis?
Arteries
Ringworm
Niacin
Heat detection and conception rates
5. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
Solids removal
75-79.9
Dished
4 years
6. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
In the cell wall
Post-synch
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Brown Swiss
7. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Esophageal groove
Farm Service Agency
12-14 weeks
8. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Esophageal groove
Potassium
Four or more times
Bangs
9. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
Relative Forage Value
Very good
Reticulum
Brown Swiss
10. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
3.0
Brown Swiss
PGF
11. All U.S. dairy farms are inspected by state inspectors through a program coordinated by the Food and Drug Administration. Inspectors follow a publication called the PMO. What does PMO stand for?
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Vitamin A
In the cell wall
12. A disease causing air bubbles under the skin and usually results in rapid death is __________.
Black leg
Milk fever
European Union
Citrate
13. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
The bottom most part of the tail
Bone calcium
Longer than 1.5 inches
100
14. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
5-9 years old
Twice/day
25
Non-forage Carbohydrates
15. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
72
400‐500 gallons
3 years
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
16. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?
Cystic
Mammals
2:1
Parathyroid gland
17. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
Alfalfa and Clover
Methane
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
XY
18. EU
Nitrogen excretion
5
European Union
Retained placenta
19. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reproductive failure
Decreases - increases
.39%
20. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
XY
Zinc
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
25-30
21. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
Udder
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
16-18
22. A bovine female which has not had a calf is a...
Water
Heifer
Mammals
Milking Shorthorn
23. Research has shown that by formulating lactating cow rations with proper amounts of certain amino acids - we can decrease the crude protein content of the ration and reduce _______________________?
Methane
United States Dairy Export Council
Nitrogen excretion
Udder
24. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Premis ID
Rump
40 gallons
Clipping and singeing
25. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
Zinc
Swollen hock
Sole
Follicular and luteal
26. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
Roughage
Holstein
Calories
Two weeks prior to calving
27. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Bone calcium
40 gallons
Poor
Listeria
28. How frequently should an average freshen?
Once every 12 months
Dairy character
The bottom most part of the tail
3 years
29. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
400‐500 gallons
Progesterone
Hormones
72
30. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
When it is proven that she will breed
To add a concentrated form of energy
Symbiotic
Lactose intolerance
31. Research has shown that by formulating lactating cow rations with proper amounts of certain amino acids - we can decrease the crude protein content of the ration and reduce _______________________?
14 days
Nitrogen excretion
Negative net energy balance
Cheese
32. NMPF
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
5-9 years old
National Milk Producers Federation
Twice/day
33. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Negative net energy balance
Mycobacterium bovis
18
34. Hairy Heel Wart is scientifically known as what?
Digital Dermatitis
Bangs
Udder
Recessive
35. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
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.
9%
Relative Forage Value
Oxytocin
36. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Clipping and singeing
Mycobacterium bovis
Negative net energy balance
High % of water
37. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Epinephrine
90-100
Propionic acid
PH 4.6
38. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?
Direct Microscopic Counts
Cystic
60 days
75%
39. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
Inguinal
Rump
25 gallons
50 percent
40. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Poor
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Nitrogen
41. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Once every 12 months
Laminitis
Back flushing
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
42. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
5000000
Good plus
9 weeks
30 hours
43. How many das into a pregnancy can a fetus be sexed by ultrasound?
Sodium
Jersey
After 55 days
5
44. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Dairy Comp 305
PGF
Citrate
2:1
45. Hairy Heel Wart is scientifically known as what?
Interdigital phlegmon
Digital Dermatitis
National Milk Producers Federation
Guernsey and Jersey
46. NFDM
Udder
Vibriosis
Nonfat Dry Milk
Holstein
47. Brucellosis is also know as...
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Bangs
Very good
Fats
48. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
PH 4.6
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Corpus Luteum
Jersey
49. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Magnesium
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Administered via blood vessels
Rumen and reticulum
50. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
Small Intestine
282 days
Jersey
It has a lower vacuum requirement
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