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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
75%
Administered via blood vessels
Body weight
Abortion
2. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
9%
.39%
Preparing cows properly
Prussic acid poisoning
3. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
Arteries
Lignin
10 days
Commodity Credit Corporation
4. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
50 percent
Mycotoxins
Large intestines
80
5. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
Milking Shorthorn
Duodenum
305 days
Commodity Credit Corporation
6. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Copper sulfate
80
Jersey
50
7. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
24 hours
Listeria
Food safety and Inspection Service
2000's
8. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
To add a concentrated form of energy
9 weeks
Magnesium
24 hours
9. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
Claw
Transponders
Pasteurizing system
Basic Formula Price
10. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...
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.
60
100
Rumen
11. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
To give birth
Brown Swiss
A negatively charged ion
12. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
Fat
Dished
Follicular and luteal
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
13. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
5
After each use
Magnesium
Income over feed costs
14. The most costly form of mastitis is?
Subclinical
70%
North American Free Trade Agreement
Stainless steel
15. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Ringworm
Nonprotein nitrogen
A negatively charged ion
United States Dairy Export Council
16. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?
5
Cystic
5000000
Rumen and reticulum
17. 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__________.
Lignin
Loin and chine
Two times
Mycobacterium bovis
18. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Swollen hock
A B-Vitamin
Recessive
19. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Guernsey
70%
During the first pregnancy
Nitrogen excretion
20. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
High-producing pregnant cows
80
Progesterone
Mastitis
21. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Symbiotic
Bangs
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Feed
22. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
80
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Energy
40 gallons
23. IPM
Abomasum
Milk fever
Integrated pest management
When it is proven that she will breed
24. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Prussic acid poisoning
Mastitis
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Modified Live Virus
25. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Dairy character
Mastitis
Copper
Udder
26. What is intra musclular injection?
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Administered in the muscle
Rolling Herd Average
27. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
80
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Recessive
28. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
3.0
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Fat residue
Copper
29. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
Small intestine
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Holstein
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
30. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Disbudding
Faster
Enteritis
Holstein
31. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Lactose intolerance
Cryoscope
Disbudding
Beta-carotene
32. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
Vitamin B
25 gallons
72
Follicular and luteal
33. Cows produce pheromones which...
Lignin
Escherichia coli
Attract the opposite sex
40 gallons
34. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
3.5-4.0
MyDairy
Left side of the body
Milk fever
35. What is an anion?
Holstein
Prussic acid poisoning
A negatively charged ion
Twice/day
36. What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis?
MyDairy
3 years
25%
90-100
37. Which one of the following describes biotin?
Water
Mastitis
Laminitis
A B-Vitamin
38. %DBH
5
Nonprotein nitrogen
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Restraint and control of the animal
39. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
Sire conception rate
Milking Shorthorn
Digital Dermatitis
Clipping and singeing
40. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
Hormones
Solids removal
Sole
Relative Forage Value
41. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Four or more times
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Poor
42. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
75%
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Integrated pest management
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
43. FSA
Premis ID
Farm Service Agency
The weaving gait of affected cattle
30 hours
44. NMPF
20000000
National Milk Producers Federation
30
12-14 weeks
45. When sanitizing milking equipment with water - the temperature must be a minimum of 170 degrees F and the utensils are to be under the flow of water for ____________ minute(s).
25
5
Streptococus agalactae
Escherichia coli
46. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Heifer
Urea
Recessive
40/60
47. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
3.5-4.0
Faster
Attract the opposite sex
Abomasum
48. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?
Cystic
North American Free Trade Agreement
PGF
3.5-4.0
49. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
Blind quarter
Sole
Drug residue
Dairy character
50. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
60
Between 28 to 30 days
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Manure handling procedures