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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Lactation is unique to _________.
Niacin
Premis ID
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Mammals
2. What percent of milk is water?
87%
Pasteurizing system
Oxytocin
Brown Swiss
3. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
Hormones
5000000
GTPI
Limber leg
4. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Holstein
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Propionic acid
Total Digestible Nutrients
5. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Four or more times
Black leg
Poll
6. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
MyDairy
Rolling Herd Average
Displaced abomasum
5000000
7. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Alfalfa and Clover
Two
9%
24
8. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
Retained placenta
35 to 40%
Jersey
It has a lower vacuum requirement
9. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
% Degradable proteins
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Rump
Net Energy
10. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
Progesterone
Water
Basic Formula Price
24 hours
11. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
300 + degree
Copper sulfate
Udder
Animal Improvement Program Lab
12. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
72
Mycotoxins
Alfalfa and Clover
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
13. What is the hormone that causes Uterine contractions to assist in parturition?
Oxytocin
Nitrogen
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
14. 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
Vitamin B
Total Production Index
Black leg
Zinc
15. 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?
3 years
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Prussic acid poisoning
Alfalfa and Clover
16. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
North American Free Trade Agreement
Longer than 1.5 inches
3.5-4.0
Administered in the muscle
17. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
The weaving gait of affected cattle
4 years
80
Retained placenta
18. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
Oxytocin
A minimum of every 6 months
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Chine
19. A disease transmitted through natural mating which causes abortion - low conception rates - and irregular heat cycles is _____________________.
Milking Shorthorn
Zinc
Digital Dermatitis
Vibriosis
20. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
A negatively charged ion
Pulsator
MyDairy
Water
21. NSC
Two weeks prior to calving
Sole
Food safety and Inspection Service
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
22. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
Feeding the cow
Methane
Income over feed costs
Decreases - increases
23. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Commodity Credit Corporation
Post-synch
Cryoscope
30 hours
24. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Esophageal groove
Brown Swiss
The initiation of milk secretion
5000000
25. The rumen of a cow is located...
Left side of the body
Increase - 5
Chine
Corpus Luteum
26. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
72
Holstein
PGF
Brown Swiss
27. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Zinc
Cystic
During the first pregnancy
Dairy Comp 305
28. 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 ____
5000000
Laminitis
Beta-carotene
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
29. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Jersey
Ringworm
Twice/day
Lignin
30. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Brown Swiss
3.5-4.0
85
Cystic
31. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?
After 200 days of lactation
Holstein
Cheddar cheese
12-14 weeks
32. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
Cation-Anion Difference
Digestive
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Alfalfa and Clover
33. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.
50 percent
Faster
Rumen
Net Energy
34. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Net Energy
After 55 days
Guernsey
Premis ID
35. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
Rumen
Twice/day
Transponders
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
36. A free martin is considered a...
70% moisture
Total Mixed Ration
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Sodium
37. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Energy
Leukocytes
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
38. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Follicular and luteal
Solids removal
4 years
Oxytocin
39. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
25-30
3 years
Feeding the cow
Omasum
40. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
9 weeks
6 hours
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Between 14 and 35 days
41. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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42. 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 ____
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Beta-carotene
Leukocytes
Nonprotein nitrogen
43. What is intravenous injection?
Extremely fat
Large Plastic Bags
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Administered via blood vessels
44. What is lactogenesis?
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
The initiation of milk secretion
50 percent
50-80%
45. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Holstein
305 days
25%
Parathyroid gland
46. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which is known as and functions as the 'true' stomach is the...
Abomasum
Magnesium
Mammals
Once every 12 months
47. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
300 + degree
Symbiotic
30 hours
48. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
5000000
United States Dairy Export Council
Magnesium
5
49. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Guernsey and Jersey
Epinephrine
Modified Live Virus
Foreign Agricultural Service
50. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Brown Swiss
Two times
Hormones
Administered under the skin