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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
Follicular and luteal
Reticulum
Large intestines
Animal Improvement Program Lab
2. For best results calves should be fed colostrum within ____ hours of calving...
Small intestine
6 hours
20 to 24
Calcium
3. Hairy Heel Wart is scientifically known as what?
Negative net energy balance
Digital Dermatitis
Vitamin A
Vitamin B
4. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
25
Two times
10
After 55 days
5. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
In the cell wall
To give birth
Small Intestine
5-9 years old
6. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
Extremely fat
Parturient paresis
Cheddar
Fat
7. When discussing feed mixers - What is the range of manufacturers recommmended mixing times?
3-6 minutes
Bovine Somatotropin
Dairy character
Inguinal
8. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Stainless steel
You S Animal Health Association
9. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Good plus
Listeria
8.62 pounds
10. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
1
Feed
Arteries
6 hours
11. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Plate chiller
Zinc
Magnesium
12. A disease causing air bubbles under the skin and usually results in rapid death is __________.
Black leg
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
90-100
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
13. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?
Nonprotein nitrogen
Faster
% Degradable proteins
Zinc
14. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?
18
Mule-foot
400‐500 gallons
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
15. What units are used to measure energy?
Foreign Agricultural Service
Holstein
Sickle hocked
Calories
16. 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.
Retained placenta
60 days
Milking Shorthorn
17. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?
70% moisture
Plate chiller
Pink eye
100
18. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
Solids removal
Sickle hocked
Holstein
35 to 40%
19. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Copper sulfate
.39%
Jersey
Milk fever
20. 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__________.
Zinc
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Pulsator
Lignin
21. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Registered Holstein Ancestry
305 days
Rump
Energy
22. USAHA
2000's
2:1
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.
You S Animal Health Association
23. Heritability for milk production in dairy cattle is...
40 gallons
30%
2000's
Nonfat Dry Milk
24. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
Oxytocin
Twice/day
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
When it is proven that she will breed
25. NMPF
United States Dairy Export Council
National Milk Producers Federation
Inguinal
282 days
26. A disease transmitted through natural mating which causes abortion - low conception rates - and irregular heat cycles is _____________________.
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Sodium Bicarbonate
Beta-carotene
Vibriosis
27. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
25%
A positively charged ion
9%
Transponders
28. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
Guernsey and Jersey
80
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Rolling Herd Average
29. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Duodenum
Sickle hocked
40 degrees F
30. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Brown Swiss
Milk fever
Between 28 to 30 days
Post-synch
31. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
80
Corpus Luteum
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Blind quarter
32. FAS
Foreign Agricultural Service
Composting
Dished
12-14 weeks
33. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
25%
Digital Dermatitis
Lignin
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
34. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
Progesterone
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
25
In the cell wall
35. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
After 55 days
Side by side (head out)
87%
Listeria
36. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
A minimum of every 6 months
80
Administered via blood vessels
Between 28 to 30 days
37. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Niacin
Carbon Dioxide Gas
2000's
Loin and chine
38. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
5
Hardware disease
Black leg
10 days
39. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Holstein
15 months
Swollen hock
40. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
25-30
Laminitis
Small Intestine
2.25
41. GATT
High-producing pregnant cows
60 days
To give birth
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
42. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Guernsey and Jersey
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Black leg
Body weight
43. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
24
Composting
Very good
Manure handling procedures
44. Hairy Heel Wart is scientifically known as what?
Rump
5-9 years old
Digital Dermatitis
Jersey
45. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
5
Basic Formula Price
46. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
% Degradable proteins
When it is proven that she will breed
Laminitis
Two times
47. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
Solids removal
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
During the first pregnancy
48. What state agency regulates waste management?
Follicle stimulating hormone
Guernsey and Jersey
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
To add a concentrated form of energy
49. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Copper sulfate
87%
50. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?
Hormones
5-9 years old
PH 4.6
Vitamin A