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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
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.
Basic Formula Price
6 hours
Milk fever
2. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
Large Plastic Bags
Dairy character
Carbon
Enteritis
3. IDFA
International Dairy Foods Associactions
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Modified Live Virus
100%
4. What is subcutaneous injection?
1957
Brown Swiss
Administered under the skin
No less than 60% moisture
5. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
62 to 65% moisture
25%
Large Plastic Bags
6. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
Recessive
Hormones
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Rumen
7. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
The initiation of milk secretion
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Body weight
High-producing pregnant cows
8. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
Rump
Chine
Once every 12 months
Total Mixed Ration
9. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
Inguinal
Displaced abomasum
25
Pink eye
10. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
45-55
Poll
North American Free Trade Agreement
Large intestines
11. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Fat
Total Production Index
Dished
9 weeks
12. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
Escherichia coli
Limber leg
Alfalfa and Clover
Fats
13. Recent research traits have shown that dairy cows prefer to be milked __________ times/day if they are able to choose.
Zinc
Four or more times
Leukocytes
Bovine Somatotropin
14. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Fat
Two
Fat residue
3 years
15. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
16-18
100
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Pulsator
16. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
62 to 65% moisture
5
Lignin
Decreases - increases
17. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which is known as and functions as the 'true' stomach is the...
Poll
Holstein
Heat detection and conception rates
Abomasum
18. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
United States Dairy Export Council
Post-synch
Direct Microscopic Counts
Claw
19. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...
A minimum of every 6 months
5
Relative Forage Value
Abomasum
20. Abortion in the last trimester of pregnancy is often caused by_______________.
Two
Brucellosis
282 days
5
21. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
Methane
8.62 pounds
XY
Holstein
22. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Feeding the cow
Poor
Dairy Comp 305
Brown Swiss
23. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Commodity Credit Corporation
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Citrate
Net Energy
24. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
Total Digestible Nutrients
Pink eye
Animal Improvement Program Lab
No less than 60% moisture
25. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?
Basic Formula Price
Abortion
305 days
Reproductive failure
26. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
Laminitis
Holstein
Displaced abomasum
50
27. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Mammals
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Arteries
Administered under the skin
28. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
14 days
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Administered under the skin
25%
29. USAHA
Methane
Rumen
Hormones
You S Animal Health Association
30. 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 ____
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Beta-carotene
10
Bone calcium
31. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
35 to 40%
Cation-Anion Difference
Disbudding
Sire conception rate
32. In order to prevent bloat - the feed additive Poloxalene is often added to feed rations for cows that are grazing. Which of the following grazed forages are most likely to cause bloat?
60
Lignin
Alfalfa and Clover
% Protein
33. What stomach compartments are not developed in a newborn calf?
Rumen and reticulum
Nonfat Dry Milk
24
2.25
34. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
Limber leg
35 to 40%
When it is proven that she will breed
Beta-carotene
35. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
9%
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Rolling Herd Average
36. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Udder
Guernsey
90-100
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
37. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
Oxytocin
70%
75-79.9
Bone calcium
38. NFDM
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Nonfat Dry Milk
Roughage
Arteries
39. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Alfalfa and Clover
To give birth
The initiation of milk secretion
Escherichia coli
40. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
Administered in the muscle
Total Digestible Nutrients
Cheddar cheese
PGF
41. Cows produce pheromones which...
Blind quarter
18
Decreases - increases
Attract the opposite sex
42. NMPF
24
National Milk Producers Federation
3-6 minutes
Fat
43. A disease transmitted through natural mating which causes abortion - low conception rates - and irregular heat cycles is _____________________.
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
The bottom most part of the tail
NAtional Research Council
Vibriosis
44. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?
400‐500 gallons
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
50
Potassium
45. 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...
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Body weight
Interdigital phlegmon
Arteries
46. BVD
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Jersey
305 days
Small intestine
47. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Calcium
300 + degree
24 hours
Propionic acid
48. What is the scientific term for birth?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Cheddar
Rear feet and legs
Parturtion
49. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
Esophageal groove
Mycotoxins
Negative net energy balance
80
50. Almost 95% of the dairy cows in the U.S. are...
3.5-4.0
Holstein
1
Administered under the skin