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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Holstein
% Degradable proteins
Poll
Between 6.0 and 6.5
2. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
10
Heat detection and conception rates
25
Bovine Somatotropin
3. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?
Interdigital phlegmon
30
Nonprotein nitrogen
Escherichia coli
4. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
Jersey
Nitrogen
.39%
Two weeks prior to calving
5. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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6. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
Mule-foot
Back flushing
Large Plastic Bags
750000
7. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
5000000
Feed
Sodium
Follicular and luteal
8. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
60 days
Udder
Total Digestible Nutrients
Pasteurizing system
9. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Mastitis
Stainless steel
50-70
10. Milk that is low in SCC has more casein - which is a primary component in _______?
15 months
Extremely fat
Cheese
Holstein
11. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
Milk on Demand
Total Digestible Nutrients
.39%
Mud - water - and manure
12. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
Administered in the muscle
5-9 years old
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Two weeks prior to calving
13. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
35 to 40%
Large intestines
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
14. Where are non-degradable proteins absorbed?
75%
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Recessive
Small Intestine
15. IDFA
72
Symbiotic
International Dairy Foods Associactions
40/60
16. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.
400‐500 gallons
Fats
Preparing cows properly
Faster
17. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Oxytocin
18. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
Holstein
Claw
305 days
25 gallons
19. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?
72
Blind quarter
50-80%
Clipping and singeing
20. What is lactogenesis?
Water
Digestive
25 gallons
The initiation of milk secretion
21. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?
Jersey
40 degrees F
The bottom most part of the tail
Extremely fat
22. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
Oxytocin
Mycotoxins
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
5000000
23. What is the hormone that causes Uterine contractions to assist in parturition?
National Milk Producers Federation
50
Increase - 5
Oxytocin
24. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?
Alfalfa and Clover
Fats
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Propionic acid
25. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Holstein
Between 28 to 30 days
Once every 12 months
305 days
26. 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?
50 percent
Alfalfa and Clover
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Loin and chine
27. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Milking Shorthorn
Epinephrine
Copper
Feed
28. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Small intestine
Esophageal groove
60
29. When feeding close-up cows a calcium deficient diet - which gland is simulated?
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Pink eye
Parathyroid gland
Pink eye
30. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
Milk fever
60 days
Oxytocin
9 weeks
31. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
Laminitis
Sickle hocked
Potassium
Drug residue
32. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
Attract the opposite sex
Heat detection and conception rates
25
Bangs
33. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
Jersey
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Non-forage Carbohydrates
101.5 degrees F
34. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
Oxytocin
Mud - water - and manure
50
Mud - water - and manure
35. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
5
Follicle stimulating hormone
.39%
Heat detection and conception rates
36. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
Brown Swiss
Clipping and singeing
Side by side (head out)
Cation-Anion Difference
37. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
Twice/day
Mycotoxins
282 days
Holstein
38. 98% of somatic cells are...
Holstein
Leukocytes
Side by side (head out)
Feed
39. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Longer than 1.5 inches
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Non-forage Carbohydrates
40. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...
Relative Forage Value
When it is proven that she will breed
Streptococus agalactae
You S Animal Health Association
41. What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis?
25%
Plate chiller
60 days
United States Dairy Export Council
42. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
Abomasum
Brucellosis
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
5
43. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
12-14 weeks
Udder
.39%
44. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
Cryoscope
Cation-Anion Difference
Displaced abomasum
During the first pregnancy
45. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Rumen and reticulum
Copper sulfate
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Premis ID
46. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
Cryoscope
35 to 40%
Parturtion
Cheddar cheese
47. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
National Farmers Organization
Calories
70%
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
48. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Propionic acid
10%
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Digital Dermatitis
49. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
60
Holstein
Corpus Luteum
20
50. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?
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.
Vitamin B
Plate chiller
Cation-Anion Difference