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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
Laminitis
Administered in the muscle
Negative net energy balance
Abomasum
2. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
9%
Holstein
Twelve
3. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
Follicle stimulating hormone
Abomasum
Escherichia coli
Follicular and luteal
4. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Premis ID
Holstein
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Follicular and luteal
5. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
5
Good plus
Manure handling procedures
Cystic
6. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Follicular and luteal
Mammals
Drug residue
7. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
Abomasum
Fat residue
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
It has a lower vacuum requirement
8. The most costly form of mastitis is?
.39%
Total Mixed Ration
Duodenum
Subclinical
9. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Vitamin K
Net Energy
Nitrogen excretion
Roughage
10. NFO
50
Nitrogen excretion
When it is proven that she will breed
National Farmers Organization
11. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
The initiation of milk secretion
Poll
Milk on Demand
Preparing cows properly
12. 98% of somatic cells are...
10 days
Leukocytes
United States Dairy Export Council
Milking Shorthorn
13. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Total Production Index
Enteritis
Feed
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
14. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Digestive
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
After 55 days
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
15. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
Listeria
You S Animal Health Association
85
Cryoscope
16. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
You S Animal Health Association
87%
Guernsey
Mycobacterium bovis
17. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
1
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Brown Swiss
18. 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__________.
40/60
Between 14 and 35 days
Lignin
Inguinal
19. What combines the Predicted Transmitting Ability for protein - fat - type and udder composite index and ranks the animal on its ability to transmit a balance of these four traits
10%
Displaced abomasum
Total Production Index
XY
20. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
60
Citrate
2000's
35 to 40%
21. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
40/60
In the cell wall
After each use
Administered under the skin
22. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Two times
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Water
23. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
Symbiotic
Mammals
Net Energy
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
24. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.
18
Reticulum
You S Animal Health Association
Displaced abomasum
25. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Mycobacterium bovis
3.5-4.0
GTPI
Body weight
26. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Abomasum
25-30
Guernsey
Milk on Demand
27. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Dished
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Increase - 5
28. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Propionic acid
Cheese
Flank
Modified Live Virus
29. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
20
70% moisture
Nonprotein nitrogen
Epinephrine
30. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Oxytocin
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.
Abomasum
Brown Swiss
31. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?
62 to 65% moisture
Total Mixed Ration
Black leg
Guernsey and Jersey
32. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
1957
High % of water
Clipping and singeing
33. Brucellosis is also know as...
20-30%
Magnesium
10 days
Bangs
34. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
30%
Escherichia coli
Brucellosis
87%
35. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...
Holstein
Zinc
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Rolling Herd Average
36. Cows produce pheromones which...
Attract the opposite sex
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Carbon Dioxide Gas
A positively charged ion
37. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
80
Side by side (head out)
Progesterone
20
38. Dairy cows produce milk that is relatively high in B complex vitamins. Because they are ruminants...
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Lignin
Rear feet and legs
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
39. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
Citrate
National Milk Producers Federation
Water
Inguinal
40. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
After each use
Administered under the skin
Escherichia coli
41. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
25
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Laminitis
Neutral Detergent Fiber
42. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Mastitis
Rumen
40/60
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
43. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
Milking Shorthorn
Income over feed costs
Drug residue
Recessive
44. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Cheddar cheese
80
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
45. FSIS
Faster
6 hours
Ringworm
Food safety and Inspection Service
46. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Composting
Calories
Commodity Credit Corporation
2000's
47. 98% of somatic cells are...
Modified Live Virus
GTPI
Nonprotein nitrogen
Leukocytes
48. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
750000
24
Direct Microscopic Counts
9 weeks
49. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Negative net energy balance
101.5 degrees F
2000's
Magnesium
50. NRC
NAtional Research Council
Urea
Fat
The weaving gait of affected cattle
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