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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?
Blind quarter
Corpus Luteum
Vitamin B
Magnesium

2. NSC
Twelve
Esophageal groove
Lactose intolerance
Nonstructural Carbohydrates

3. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Milk fever
90-100
Lactose intolerance

4. Which cows have higher protein requirements?
United States Dairy Export Council
High-producing pregnant cows
25
Premis ID

5. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
Ringworm
A negatively charged ion
Epinephrine
3 years

6. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
100
Vitamin A
Milking Shorthorn
Udder

7. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
100%
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
282 days
Vitamin A

8. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Good plus
Net Energy
45-55
9%

9. What is lactogenesis?
750000
Loin and chine
The initiation of milk secretion
Dished

10. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?
Vitamin B
Once every 12 months
Citrate
Reduce the incidence of mastitis

11. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
.39%
30
Chine
To give birth

12. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
European Union
Negative net energy balance
Preparing cows properly
A negatively charged ion

13. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
10%
Ringworm
16-18
Niacin

14. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Potassium
Brucellosis
Digestive
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices

15. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Jersey
Carbon
Cheddar cheese
Duodenum

16. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
Decreases - increases
% Degradable proteins
Post-synch
GTPI

17. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Brown Swiss
Holstein
Bovine Somatotropin
To give birth

18. Quality forage is critical for acow's milk production. Many people evaluate hay based upon its green color; others think the color is a poor indication of nutrient composition. However - green colored hay is generally considered to have a higher ____
Beta-carotene
Guernsey
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Holstein

19. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
Guernsey
Retained placenta
15 months
87%

20. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
5
Two
Listeria
Omasum

21. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
8.62 pounds
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
300 + degree

22. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
After 200 days of lactation
Copper sulfate
Water
Lignin

23. Lactation is unique to _________.
Sickle hocked
Mammals
Follicular and luteal
75-79.9

24. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
Clipping and singeing
Zinc
101.5 degrees F
Listeria

25. A switch on a cow is...
The bottom most part of the tail
Lignin
Two times
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

26. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
Zinc
Large Plastic Bags
Stainless steel
Carbon

27. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
Parturient paresis
Oxytocin
Flank
20-30%

28. 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
Poor
50-70
Cheddar cheese

29. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
Farm Service Agency
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Side by side (head out)
Milk on Demand

30. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Composting
Cystic
Feed
Rump

31. What state agency regulates waste management?
Poll
Feeding the cow
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
40/60

32. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Duodenum
Plate chiller
5

33. What type of mastitis is the easiest to cure?
Escherichia coli
Farm Service Agency
Streptococus agalactae
Jersey

34. The rumen of a cow is located...
Hardware disease
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Left side of the body
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis

35. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
In the cell wall
5
Dished

36. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?
Urea
30 hours
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Two times

37. FARAD
4 years
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Total Digestible Nutrients
100%

38. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...
45-55
Sodium Bicarbonate
Rear feet and legs
Relative Forage Value

39. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
75%
Solids removal
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
The bacteria Escherichia Coli

40. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
A minimum of every 6 months
3 years
1
Modified Live Virus

41. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
Restraint and control of the animal
9 weeks
5
3.0

42. Almost 95% of the dairy cows in the U.S. are...
Holstein
Transponders
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
10

43. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
12-14 weeks
Escherichia coli
Small intestine
Mud - water - and manure

44. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
Relative Forage Value
Energy
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank

45. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
Reticulum
30 hours
Milk on Demand
45-55

46. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
90-100
60 days
Rumen and reticulum
9 weeks

47. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
Dished
Niacin
Extremely fat
Niacin

48. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Increase - 5
20000000
Cation-Anion Difference

49. A bovine female which has not had a calf is a...
2.25
Between 28 to 30 days
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Heifer

50. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Jersey
To give birth
Hardware disease
% Protein