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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
PGF
16-18
Cheddar
Back flushing
2. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
10 days
Copper sulfate
Vibriosis
Urea
3. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Side by side (head out)
Relative Forage Value
Guernsey
Urea
4. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Mule-foot
Carbon
Parturient paresis
10 days
5. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Hardware disease
Rear feet and legs
Faster
National Milk Producers Federation
6. The most costly form of mastitis is?
European Union
10
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Subclinical
7. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Registered Holstein Ancestry
400‐500 gallons
Between 28 to 30 days
To add a concentrated form of energy
8. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
25%
Feed
2:1
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
9. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
Claw
Abortion
282 days
Rump
10. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
% Protein
GTPI
Feed
20000000
11. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
North American Free Trade Agreement
50-80%
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
12. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
90-100
% Degradable proteins
% Protein
30%
13. BVD
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Direct Microscopic Counts
Water
60
14. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
Guernsey and Jersey
8.62 pounds
60 days
2.25
15. 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?
Citrate
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Omasum
16. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
100
Escherichia coli
Mastitis
25
17. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Symbiotic
Omasum
Dairy character
Two
18. Which one of the following describes biotin?
85
Chine
Leukocytes
A B-Vitamin
19. What pathway in youg calves direct milk into the abomasum - bypassing the rumen - reticulum - and omasum?
Esophageal groove
Bone calcium
Brown Swiss
Twelve
20. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
24 hours
Guernsey
50 percent
5
21. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
60 days
Swollen hock
Niacin
100
22. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Two times
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Mycotoxins
Alfalfa and Clover
23. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
National Farmers Organization
20000000
Udder
Holstein
24. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
80
Large Plastic Bags
3.5-4.0
A negatively charged ion
25. NFO
5000000
Very good
100%
National Farmers Organization
26. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
50 percent
Lactose intolerance
Methane
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
27. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Corpus Luteum
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Guernsey
To add a concentrated form of energy
28. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.
A positively charged ion
Heifer
Faster
Direct Microscopic Counts
29. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
60
Milking Shorthorn
Carbon
Abortion
30. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
Duodenum
Pulsator
Hormones
Brown Swiss
31. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
After each use
Two weeks prior to calving
Holstein
Parturtion
32. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Brown Swiss
Oxytocin
Modified Live Virus
NAtional Research Council
33. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
Good plus
Bovine Somatotropin
Oxytocin
5
34. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Energy
Post-synch
70%
Drug residue
35. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______
Decreases - increases
Calcium
Milking Shorthorn
Enteritis
36. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Sire conception rate
Parturient paresis
Composting
14 days
37. What is intra musclular injection?
70% moisture
Brown Swiss
Feed
Administered in the muscle
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?
Duodenum
Between 14 and 35 days
Mammals
Once every 12 months
39. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
Between 28 to 30 days
Energy
Holstein
Rolling Herd Average
40. 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).
5
Progesterone
Carbon
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
41. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
282 days
9%
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
40 gallons
42. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Integrated pest management
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Longer than 1.5 inches
43. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
Pasteurizing system
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Cation-Anion Difference
44. NRC
NAtional Research Council
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Flank
Integrated pest management
45. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
3-6 minutes
Attract the opposite sex
Net Energy
Mud - water - and manure
46. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Oxytocin
Parturtion
A negatively charged ion
Udder
47. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Pulsator
Dairy Comp 305
Guernsey and Jersey
Fat
48. When discussing feed mixers - What is the range of manufacturers recommmended mixing times?
Fat residue
The bottom most part of the tail
Large intestines
3-6 minutes
49. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?
Listeria
50-80%
Transponders
5
50. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Limber leg
5
Parturient paresis
Dairy Comp 305