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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?






2. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?






3. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?






4. What percent of milk is water?






5. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...






6. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...






7. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.






8. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?






9. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?






10. NFO






11. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?






12. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?






13. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...






14. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...






15. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?






16. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.






17. FSIS






18. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?






19. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?






20. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?






21. 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__________.






22. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?






23. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...






24. GATT






25. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.






26. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.






27. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...






28. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?






29. The circulatory system of a dairy cow is very important to milk production. A dairy cow must circulate about _________ of blood for each pound of milk produced.






30. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?






31. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?






32. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.

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33. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.






34. Almost 95% of the dairy cows in the U.S. are...






35. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?






36. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?






37. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?






38. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...






39. What type of mastitis is the easiest to cure?






40. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.






41. Cows treated with BST typically show an increase in milk production of...






42. 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).






43. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?






44. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...






45. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?






46. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...






47. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?






48. This vitamin plays a role in the coagulation of blood...






49. Brucellosis is also know as...






50. What is intra musclular injection?