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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
Nitrogen excretion
25
Displaced abomasum
Bangs
2. Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (BPDME) is better known as Weaver Syndrome because of...
Follicle stimulating hormone
Loin and chine
Displaced abomasum
The weaving gait of affected cattle
3. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Administered in the muscle
35 to 40%
Cryoscope
305 days
4. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Nitrogen
40/60
20000000
Calcium
5. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
Guernsey
40 degrees F
Poll
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
6. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Jersey
Prussic acid poisoning
Four or more times
Abortion
7. NMPF
National Milk Producers Federation
Vitamin B
Copper
80
8. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
Left side of the body
MyDairy
The bottom most part of the tail
Vitamin A
9. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
101.5 degrees F
Loin and chine
Milking Shorthorn
Mycotoxins
10. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
A B-Vitamin
Milking Shorthorn
Copper sulfate
Sodium Bicarbonate
11. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Farm Service Agency
Small intestine
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Cheddar
12. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
A negatively charged ion
A minimum of every 6 months
Side by side (head out)
Potassium
13. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
750000
After each use
Jersey
The bottom most part of the tail
14. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Lignin
PH 4.6
Brown Swiss
GTPI
15. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
Sodium
Sire conception rate
50
Urea
16. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
8.62 pounds
Solids removal
After each use
Small intestine
17. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
Listeria
50 percent
24 hours
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
18. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
Magnesium
Total Mixed Ration
90-100
Increase - 5
19. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Cation-Anion Difference
Abomasum
20. 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?
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Rear feet and legs
Large Plastic Bags
21. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
Lignin
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
National Milk Producers Federation
Arteries
22. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Rolling Herd Average
Relative Forage Value
Modified Live Virus
Heat detection and conception rates
23. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
2000's
Black leg
400‐500 gallons
Sodium
24. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
Foreign Agricultural Service
Copper sulfate
Digestive
Fats
25. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
Four or more times
Loin and chine
Brown Swiss
16-18
26. What units are used to measure energy?
Calories
Digestive
5
Foreign Agricultural Service
27. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...
High % of water
50-80%
Holstein
Cheese
28. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
3.5-4.0
Displaced abomasum
Mastitis
75-79.9
29. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
Reproductive failure
Inguinal
5-9 years old
Vibriosis
30. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
Milk fever
Black leg
Blind quarter
Direct Microscopic Counts
31. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
60
25 gallons
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
2.25
32. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Rolling Herd Average
Laminitis
Cryoscope
Good plus
33. One form of biological pest management is a predator insect - that can be bought and released to help control flies at a dairy. Which of these is NOT true about these predators...
2:1
Longer than 1.5 inches
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Guernsey
34. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
400‐500 gallons
4 years
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.
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
35. Which part of an animal touches the ground if he/she is walking on a correct set of feet and legs?
Administered in the muscle
72
Sole
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
36. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
NAtional Research Council
Fat residue
Udder
37. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
It has a lower vacuum requirement
.39%
PH 4.6
24
38. What percent of milk is water?
60
87%
Cystic
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
39. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Nitrogen
9%
282 days
40. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
It has a lower vacuum requirement
The initiation of milk secretion
Basic Formula Price
400‐500 gallons
41. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
Two weeks prior to calving
Once every 12 months
Very good
750000
42. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
80
Bone calcium
Total Mixed Ration
Dished
43. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Parturtion
Direct Microscopic Counts
Twice/day
44. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
90-100
Loin and chine
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
45. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
305 days
Net Energy
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
46. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Nitrogen
80
Cheddar
Feeding the cow
47. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Ringworm
Four or more times
Pink eye
Preparing cows properly
48. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Nitrogen excretion
Milk on Demand
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
62 to 65% moisture
49. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
Rear feet and legs
Farm Service Agency
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
50. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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