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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Guernsey
Progesterone
After 55 days
2. FAS
Foreign Agricultural Service
Total Mixed Ration
Copper sulfate
Mastitis
3. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...
100
Copper
After each use
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
4. NFDM
Nonfat Dry Milk
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Pasteurizing system
62 to 65% moisture
5. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Brown Swiss
Stainless steel
Reproductive failure
Oxytocin
6. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Beta-carotene
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Solids removal
10%
7. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Two weeks prior to calving
75%
National Milk Producers Federation
Zinc
8. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
Retained placenta
Jersey
Increase - 5
400‐500 gallons
9. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Income over feed costs
Fat
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
A B-Vitamin
10. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
Jersey
4 years
Hormones
Mule-foot
11. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
Feeding the cow
Carbon
305 days
Retained placenta
12. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
.39%
Bovine Somatotropin
Parathyroid gland
Cheese
13. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
During the first pregnancy
Dairy character
Feed
14. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
Pink eye
Inguinal
Sole
Two times
15. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
In the cell wall
Retained placenta
Poor
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
16. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
Zinc
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Fat residue
You S Animal Health Association
17. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?
XY
Rear feet and legs
Relative Forage Value
Recessive
18. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Integrated pest management
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Post-synch
80
19. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
Vitamin A
Propionic acid
% Protein
Abomasum
20. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Loin and chine
Swollen hock
Escherichia coli
Abomasum
21. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
400‐500 gallons
Cheddar
Commodity Credit Corporation
22. When feeding close-up cows a calcium deficient diet - which gland is simulated?
Brown Swiss
Parathyroid gland
Streptococus agalactae
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
23. 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
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Two
Total Production Index
24. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
PH 4.6
Vibriosis
Carbon
The weaving gait of affected cattle
25. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Displaced abomasum
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Twelve
Potassium
26. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
A negatively charged ion
Escherichia coli
Black leg
Between 14 and 35 days
27. Lactation is unique to _________.
80
16-18
Mammals
Body weight
28. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
87%
Holstein
Blind quarter
90-100
29. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Large Plastic Bags
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Retained placenta
Listeria
30. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
Recessive
Blind quarter
Feed
30
31. 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...
24
Non-forage Carbohydrates
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
45-55
32. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Sickle hocked
30
3.0
33. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
Clipping and singeing
Composting
Flank
Prussic acid poisoning
34. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
Small intestine
Jersey
24 hours
Animal Improvement Program Lab
35. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
Vitamin A
Between 14 and 35 days
3.5-4.0
282 days
36. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
30
305 days
Fats
Guernsey
37. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
Disbudding
Preparing cows properly
During the first pregnancy
16-18
38. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Large intestines
Preparing cows properly
Transponders
39. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?
European Union
During the first pregnancy
XY
Rumen
40. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
8.62 pounds
25
3 years
Holstein
41. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
No less than 60% moisture
Rear feet and legs
15 months
Between 14 and 35 days
42. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Vitamin K
Propionic acid
25
Abomasum
43. Brucellosis is also know as...
6 hours
Bangs
Holstein
National Milk Producers Federation
44. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Guernsey and Jersey
Parathyroid gland
Calcium
% Degradable proteins
45. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
5
Drug residue
Vitamin A
Registered Holstein Ancestry
46. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
Food safety and Inspection Service
To give birth
Holstein
70%
47. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
Citrate
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
25
72
48. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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49. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
80
Milking Shorthorn
Bovine Somatotropin
Carbon Dioxide Gas
50. A disease transmitted through natural mating which causes abortion - low conception rates - and irregular heat cycles is _____________________.
Body weight
Feed
Escherichia coli
Vibriosis