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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. If there are large numbers of flies around the dairy barn - what should be the first thing to be examined in an attempt to solve the fly problem?
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Manure handling procedures
5
Bone calcium
2. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Body weight
Administered under the skin
Feed
Mastitis
3. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Administered in the muscle
5-9 years old
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.
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
4. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
After each use
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
5
2:1
5. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Copper
Post-synch
Large intestines
Total Mixed Ration
6. To dairymen - the most harmful disease impacting milk production and their economic bottom line is...
Mastitis
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Reticulum
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
7. The circulatory system of a dairy cow is very important to milk production. A dairy cow must circulate about _________ of blood for each pound of milk produced.
400 pounds
14 days
Swollen hock
Mastitis
8. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
Feed
Increase - 5
5-9 years old
85
9. Name the three common places Coliforms are found.
Mud - water - and manure
Cheddar cheese
20000000
Bone calcium
10. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Silage
Sickle hocked
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
90-100
11. IDFA
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
45-55
Laminitis
International Dairy Foods Associactions
12. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Integrated pest management
Poll
3.5-4.0
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
13. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
North American Free Trade Agreement
5-9 years old
Net Energy
14. GATT
Escherichia coli
750000
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
15. PTAT
Cheddar cheese
Food safety and Inspection Service
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
16. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
Restraint and control of the animal
Heat detection and conception rates
Longer than 1.5 inches
Vitamin A
17. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.
Feed
Guernsey
18
Clipping and singeing
18. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
Guernsey
Sire conception rate
Parturient paresis
50 percent
19. EU
Milk fever
European Union
Negative net energy balance
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
20. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
Inguinal
Jersey
Nitrogen
300 + degree
21. What is intravenous injection?
Mycotoxins
Dished
Administered via blood vessels
Mule-foot
22. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
You S Animal Health Association
25 gallons
45-55
Good plus
23. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Mastitis
Subclinical
Abortion
Lignin
24. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Rumen and reticulum
Flank
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
25. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
20 to 24
Once every 12 months
Decreases - increases
26. NSC
100
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Esophageal groove
27. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Calcium
Esophageal groove
Swollen hock
Guernsey and Jersey
28. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
2:1
No less than 60% moisture
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Streptococus agalactae
29. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
750000
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Large intestines
30. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Listeria
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Milk on Demand
31. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
High % of water
400 pounds
Niacin
Follicle stimulating hormone
32. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
To give birth
Clipping and singeing
Reticulum
After 200 days of lactation
33. Many dairymen 'dock' the tail on their cows much to the chagrin of Animals Rights groups. They believe This is necessary to...
Copper
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Guernsey and Jersey
Streptococus agalactae
34. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
100
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
After each use
35. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Citrate
Once every 12 months
Carbon
Composting
36. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
Cheddar cheese
Abortion
Cheese
Milk on Demand
37. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
Mastitis
Dairy Comp 305
Cryoscope
Small intestine
38. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
45-55
Follicular and luteal
62 to 65% moisture
80
39. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
High-producing pregnant cows
The initiation of milk secretion
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.
Displaced abomasum
40. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
Progesterone
25 gallons
Vitamin A
Milking Shorthorn
41. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
MyDairy
15 months
Citrate
Water
42. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
Beta-carotene
Dished
60 days
Hormones
43. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Premis ID
Loin and chine
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Lignin
44. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
Heifer
70%
MyDairy
87%
45. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Between 14 and 35 days
Streptococus agalactae
Two weeks prior to calving
Energy
46. 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__________.
Lignin
Oxytocin
Cheddar cheese
Milking Shorthorn
47. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
Fat
Mycobacterium bovis
Bone calcium
30
48. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
Swollen hock
Large Plastic Bags
Heat detection and conception rates
Oxytocin
49. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Calcium
Blind quarter
Loin and chine
Nitrogen
50. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
Mastitis
A positively charged ion
Recessive
50-80%