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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Prussic acid poisoning
Abortion
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Poor

2. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
60 days
Follicle stimulating hormone
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
In the cell wall

3. Brucellosis is also know as...
Bangs
40 gallons
Two weeks prior to calving
Twelve

4. NSC
Rump
60
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Nonstructural Carbohydrates

5. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
300 + degree
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
50-80%
Basic Formula Price

6. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
Claw
Guernsey
25%
Prussic acid poisoning

7. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
Composting
10 days
MyDairy
Chine

8. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Symbiotic
10%
Feed
Integrated pest management

9. GnRH
% Degradable proteins
Listeria
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Loin and chine

10. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...
Holstein
Sire conception rate
High % of water
Commodity Credit Corporation

11. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...
Mud - water - and manure
Epinephrine
Lignin
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system

12. Milking time is best reduced by...
Preparing cows properly
Left side of the body
2:1
Holstein

13. The rumen of a cow is located...
Left side of the body
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
3.5-4.0
Pulsator

14. 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?
Duodenum
Cheddar
Vitamin A
Feed

15. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
MyDairy
Relative Forage Value
20000000
80

16. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
70% moisture
Abomasum
Claw
Brown Swiss

17. NFDM
Nonfat Dry Milk
30 hours
Rolling Herd Average
Carbon Dioxide Gas

18. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Dairy character
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
European Union
International Dairy Foods Associactions

19. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
8.62 pounds
Abomasum
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
305 days

20. Fresh milk - at a dairy - is required to be cooled to a minimum of 50 degrees F within 4 hours time after milking. However many larger dairies are using a _______________ to accomplish this within minutes.
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Subclinical
After 200 days of lactation
Plate chiller

21. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Income over feed costs
Net Energy
Brucellosis
Propionic acid

22. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
Fat
To add a concentrated form of energy
Bone calcium
Water

23. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
2:1
Escherichia coli
High % of water
Direct Microscopic Counts

24. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
Restraint and control of the animal
Small intestine
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Administered under the skin

25. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
16-18
Zinc
Mammals
The weaving gait of affected cattle

26. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
Transponders
12-14 weeks
In the cell wall
Administered under the skin

27. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
80
Reticulum
Vitamin A
Body weight

28. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
101.5 degrees F
Total Digestible Nutrients
Pink eye
You S Animal Health Association

29. Fermented forage plants relates to...
305 days
Decreases - increases
Silage
Abomasum

30. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.

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31. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
24 hours
Side by side (head out)
Jersey
Total Digestible Nutrients

32. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Between 28 to 30 days
Limber leg
The weaving gait of affected cattle
50-80%

33. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
Rumen and reticulum
Total Mixed Ration
Oxytocin
4 years

34. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
Small intestine
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
24 hours
2:1

35. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
.39%
Holstein
Income over feed costs
Nonprotein nitrogen

36. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
.39%
Zinc
Poll
5000000

37. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Oxytocin
Listeria
Flank
Rolling Herd Average

38. EU
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Pasteurizing system
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
European Union

39. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
Dairy Comp 305
400 pounds
50 percent
Abomasum

40. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
Heat detection and conception rates
Chine
Parathyroid gland
9 weeks

41. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
Feed
Between 14 and 35 days
Omasum
A minimum of every 6 months

42. 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
750000
Feed
Feeding the cow

43. BFP
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Rumen and reticulum
Basic Formula Price

44. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Two weeks prior to calving
Mud - water - and manure
Mule-foot
3 years

45. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Left side of the body
Total Production Index
Cation-Anion Difference

46. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Propionic acid
Post-synch
United States Dairy Export Council
60 days

47. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
Brown Swiss
Milking Shorthorn
Jersey
Mammals

48. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
Holstein
9%
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
750000

49. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?
Nonprotein nitrogen
Drug residue
XY
Carbon

50. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
Total Digestible Nutrients
Jersey
Drug residue
GTPI