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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
The initiation of milk secretion
100%
Abomasum
2.25
2. What is the scientific term for birth?
Nitrogen excretion
XY
Parturtion
Abomasum
3. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
In the cell wall
1
Non-forage Carbohydrates
50-80%
4. FSIS
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
6 hours
Food safety and Inspection Service
5. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Claw
Citrate
Vitamin B
Composting
6. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
Vitamin B
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Roughage
30%
7. What is the scientific term for birth?
Arteries
Methane
Administered via blood vessels
Parturtion
8. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
Holstein
Digestive
9%
Solids removal
9. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
Magnesium
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Side by side (head out)
Abomasum
10. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
Progesterone
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.
Rump
International Dairy Foods Associactions
11. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
35 to 40%
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
North American Free Trade Agreement
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
12. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
A positively charged ion
Increase - 5
Jersey
Flank
13. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
62 to 65% moisture
Holstein
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
14. What percent of the cows feed intake is consumed during the daylight hours?
Administered in the muscle
70%
Dairy character
Back flushing
15. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
305 days
Rumen and reticulum
16. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
60 days
Reproductive failure
Twice/day
Alfalfa and Clover
17. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
Brucellosis
5000000
Extremely fat
Direct Microscopic Counts
18. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Copper sulfate
Silage
75%
Lactose intolerance
19. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
3.0
282 days
Udder
16-18
20. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Symbiotic
North American Free Trade Agreement
Lactose intolerance
Guernsey
21. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
Registered Holstein Ancestry
101.5 degrees F
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Large intestines
22. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
Direct Microscopic Counts
Jersey
Digestive
Twice/day
23. NFO
% Degradable proteins
Four or more times
Progesterone
National Farmers Organization
24. NRC
Premis ID
8.62 pounds
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
NAtional Research Council
25. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Udder
Transponders
62 to 65% moisture
26. What is the approximate time of ovulation in cattle after the beginning of heat?
30 hours
45-55
24 hours
101.5 degrees F
27. When discussing feed mixers - What is the range of manufacturers recommmended mixing times?
20000000
Escherichia coli
3-6 minutes
Reticulum
28. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
750000
25 gallons
Silage
29. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
Follicular and luteal
Side by side (head out)
Jersey
In the cell wall
30. CCC
Manure handling procedures
Recessive
24
Commodity Credit Corporation
31. Milking time is best reduced by...
25
6 hours
Preparing cows properly
The bottom most part of the tail
32. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
25
You S Animal Health Association
Claw
33. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
GTPI
No less than 60% moisture
Dished
Extremely fat
34. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
50-80%
Milk fever
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
72
35. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
Nonfat Dry Milk
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Mule-foot
5000000
36. GnRH
Nonfat Dry Milk
Guernsey
National Milk Producers Federation
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
37. Which of the following is a compartment of the dairy cow's stomach?
20-30%
Abomasum
Blind quarter
3 years
38. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
Rear feet and legs
Two
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Mammals
39. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
Sodium
Two times
Dished
Brown Swiss
40. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Clipping and singeing
Cystic
MyDairy
20000000
41. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Two
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
In the cell wall
XY
42. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?
40 degrees F
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Niacin
2.25
43. USAHA
35 to 40%
You S Animal Health Association
Urea
When it is proven that she will breed
44. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
6 hours
282 days
Limber leg
High-producing pregnant cows
45. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
No less than 60% moisture
5000000
Increase - 5
25-30
46. What units are used to measure energy?
Udder
MyDairy
Calories
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
47. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Water
A negatively charged ion
48. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
Post-synch
Milk fever
20-30%
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
49. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
40/60
85
Nitrogen
Rumen
50. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Milk on Demand
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Dairy character
PGF