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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
Nonprotein nitrogen
15 months
9%
87%
2. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
10 days
Drug residue
Milk on Demand
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
3. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?
Black leg
Hormones
Abortion
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
4. Which one of the following describes biotin?
A B-Vitamin
Holstein
Clipping and singeing
75%
5. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?
25
Omasum
.39%
Water
6. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
Digestive
10
Guernsey
Milk on Demand
7. A bovine female which has not had a calf is a...
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Rolling Herd Average
Heifer
Rumen
8. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Cryoscope
PH 4.6
Jersey
9. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
70%
Guernsey and Jersey
Rump
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
10. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Inguinal
Brown Swiss
Cation-Anion Difference
Small Intestine
11. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
% Protein
Arteries
Administered via blood vessels
Jersey
12. 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...
Vitamin A
Nonfat Dry Milk
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Feed
13. HTST is a ______________
72
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Pasteurizing system
Direct Microscopic Counts
14. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Body weight
40/60
Two times
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
15. For best results calves should be fed colostrum within ____ hours of calving...
6 hours
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Milking Shorthorn
16. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
3.5-4.0
Parturtion
40 degrees F
Udder
17. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Digestive
Udder
Restraint and control of the animal
Bone calcium
18. What is a cation?
Administered in the muscle
A positively charged ion
Very good
Rumen
19. NFDM
3.0
Nonfat Dry Milk
Twice/day
Digital Dermatitis
20. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
Abomasum
Silage
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Disbudding
21. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Potassium
% Degradable proteins
50
40/60
22. FARAD
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Extremely fat
Attract the opposite sex
The initiation of milk secretion
23. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?
Silage
Guernsey
Administered via blood vessels
Urea
24. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Poor
Restraint and control of the animal
Jersey
25. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
Twice/day
Poll
Small intestine
12-14 weeks
26. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?
40 degrees F
Composting
Sickle hocked
Holstein
27. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
Claw
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Milking Shorthorn
Duodenum
28. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?
Pulsator
Nonprotein nitrogen
Sole
Abomasum
29. 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?
Hardware disease
The bottom most part of the tail
Alfalfa and Clover
Fat residue
30. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
Mule-foot
Subclinical
Parturtion
30%
31. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
% Degradable proteins
Copper
In the cell wall
Listeria
32. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
Abomasum
After 55 days
Drug residue
33. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Bovine Somatotropin
Increase - 5
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.
34. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...
Feeding the cow
30%
Mycobacterium bovis
Swollen hock
35. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
The initiation of milk secretion
9 weeks
Between 14 and 35 days
Heat detection and conception rates
36. When can a heifer calf born twin to a bull be registered?
5
When it is proven that she will breed
Side by side (head out)
Magnesium
37. Which one of the following is not classified as a fatāsoluble vitamin?
Between 28 to 30 days
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Preparing cows properly
Vitamin B
38. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
750000
European Union
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Symbiotic
39. Fermented forage plants relates to...
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Heifer
Silage
40. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
Basic Formula Price
75-79.9
Loin and chine
Escherichia coli
41. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Abomasum
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Methane
Dished
42. A dairy cow that has her feet too far forward (under her belly) is said to be...
Income over feed costs
Net Energy
Sickle hocked
3.0
43. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
Guernsey
Integrated pest management
20000000
16-18
44. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
% Degradable proteins
PGF
75%
The bottom most part of the tail
45. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
75-79.9
Dairy character
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
3 years
46. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Zinc
National Milk Producers Federation
Guernsey and Jersey
1957
47. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Leukocytes
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Oxytocin
Blind quarter
48. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
Total Production Index
Brown Swiss
Fat residue
Premis ID
49. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Oxytocin
Left side of the body
Claw
50. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
Cheese
Faster
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Limber leg