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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Corpus Luteum
The weaving gait of affected cattle
80
Administered via blood vessels
2. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Ringworm
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Extremely fat
3. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?
Holstein
Reproductive failure
70%
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
4. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
Total Production Index
After 200 days of lactation
Post-synch
Alfalfa and Clover
5. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
Premis ID
Jersey
Dairy Comp 305
Claw
6. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
Vitamin A
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Side by side (head out)
Omasum
7. NFO
Fat
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
National Farmers Organization
Good plus
8. The rumen of a cow is located...
Left side of the body
Disbudding
Loin and chine
Roughage
9. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
A minimum of every 6 months
3.0
Holstein
Esophageal groove
10. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
20 to 24
Swollen hock
Post-synch
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
11. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
Attract the opposite sex
Pulsator
Sodium
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
12. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?
Reproductive failure
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Copper
62 to 65% moisture
13. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Between 28 to 30 days
Methane
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
14. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
20000000
30
Fat residue
Subclinical
15. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
5
5
Zinc
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
16. What is the hormone that causes Uterine contractions to assist in parturition?
Milk fever
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Oxytocin
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
17. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
18
Oxytocin
60 days
60
18. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
Sodium
Brucellosis
Fats
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
19. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?
50-80%
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Between 28 to 30 days
Prussic acid poisoning
20. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
Chine
Jersey
Income over feed costs
Holstein
21. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Restraint and control of the animal
When it is proven that she will breed
Methane
22. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
30%
Commodity Credit Corporation
Limber leg
Small Intestine
23. All U.S. dairy farms are inspected by state inspectors through a program coordinated by the Food and Drug Administration. Inspectors follow a publication called the PMO. What does PMO stand for?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
24 hours
Income over feed costs
24. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
10
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Propionic acid
Holstein
25. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?
After each use
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Fat
62 to 65% moisture
26. NRC
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Restraint and control of the animal
Progesterone
NAtional Research Council
27. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
300 + degree
% Protein
Copper sulfate
282 days
28. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
Increase - 5
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Symbiotic
Calories
29. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
30
Vibriosis
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
282 days
30. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Milking Shorthorn
Four or more times
Bangs
31. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Cation-Anion Difference
GTPI
Longer than 1.5 inches
Claw
32. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Listeria
Calcium
Good plus
100%
33. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?
72
Sodium
12-14 weeks
Dished
34. What state agency regulates waste management?
25 gallons
Large Plastic Bags
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
8.62 pounds
35. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
25-30
Rumen
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Lignin
36. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
Lactose intolerance
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Nitrogen
Foreign Agricultural Service
37. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
85
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Between 28 to 30 days
PH 4.6
38. In the ruminant digestive system - which to the following is the name of first section of the small intestine that is connected to the abomasum?
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Duodenum
25-30
39. Recent research traits have shown that dairy cows prefer to be milked __________ times/day if they are able to choose.
Laminitis
1957
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Four or more times
40. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
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.
Fats
282 days
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
41. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
45-55
Abortion
72
Mud - water - and manure
42. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Non-forage Carbohydrates
You S Animal Health Association
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
40 gallons
43. Brucellosis is also know as...
Zinc
Bangs
Heifer
Calcium
44. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
5
Udder
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Magnesium
45. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Net Energy
Administered under the skin
Methane
Poll
46. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Cryoscope
40 gallons
Blind quarter
Cation-Anion Difference
47. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Milk fever
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.
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Carbon
48. 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
Lignin
Nitrogen excretion
Poor
49. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Dished
9 weeks
Brown Swiss
Parathyroid gland
50. The major advantage of a 'low-line' milk line as compared to the older 'high-line' is...
Two times
XY
It has a lower vacuum requirement
After 55 days
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