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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cows produce pheromones which...
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Good plus
Attract the opposite sex
9%
2. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
Milking Shorthorn
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Listeria
100%
3. BVD
To give birth
Feed
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
30 hours
4. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
Cheddar
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
20
5. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
Feeding the cow
You S Animal Health Association
NAtional Research Council
A minimum of every 6 months
6. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
3.0
Nitrogen
Beta-carotene
7. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Two weeks prior to calving
Side by side (head out)
Net Energy
Commodity Credit Corporation
8. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
50-70
Potassium
When it is proven that she will breed
5-9 years old
9. A condition of low blood calcium - which results in partial paralysis of the cow is known as __________________.
Milk fever
Bangs
A B-Vitamin
25 gallons
10. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Premis ID
Parturient paresis
20
Digital Dermatitis
11. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Back flushing
Transponders
Holstein
Large intestines
12. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
75%
Abortion
10 days
13. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
Ringworm
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
14 days
Reproductive failure
14. Fermented forage plants relates to...
Once every 12 months
Silage
Administered in the muscle
XY
15. What combines the Predicted Transmitting Ability for protein - fat - type and udder composite index and ranks the animal on its ability to transmit a balance of these four traits
Manure handling procedures
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Large intestines
Total Production Index
16. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Nitrogen
Two
Milk fever
Rumen and reticulum
17. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...
Rump
Recessive
Reproductive failure
Arteries
18. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
No less than 60% moisture
40/60
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Cystic
19. GnRH
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Pulsator
60 days
Parturtion
20. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
Modified Live Virus
4 years
Mule-foot
Dairy character
21. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Disbudding
Two weeks prior to calving
Once every 12 months
Recessive
22. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
Mastitis
Drug residue
Corpus Luteum
Laminitis
23. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
Displaced abomasum
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Abortion
5000000
24. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
10
Laminitis
40 gallons
20-30%
25. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?
Sodium Bicarbonate
European Union
Pink eye
Direct Microscopic Counts
26. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
5-9 years old
Vitamin B
Citrate
Carbon
27. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
300 + degree
Rolling Herd Average
Fats
Large intestines
28. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
Transponders
50 percent
Very good
Vitamin B
29. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
Parturient paresis
Sole
80
Feed
30. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
NAtional Research Council
Carbon
Transponders
300 + degree
31. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
XY
Digestive
Copper
Limber leg
32. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Retained placenta
Nonfat Dry Milk
20000000
33. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
The bottom most part of the tail
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Solids removal
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
34. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
1
Bovine Somatotropin
Guernsey
After each use
35. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
30
Retained placenta
Lactose intolerance
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
36. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Milking Shorthorn
Calcium
Dished
Chine
37. When feeding close-up cows a calcium deficient diet - which gland is simulated?
Vibriosis
Heifer
Body weight
Parathyroid gland
38. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
Vibriosis
3 years
2.25
Two weeks prior to calving
39. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Retained placenta
Administered in the muscle
Copper
Udder
40. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
5000000
Black leg
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
3-6 minutes
41. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
80
8.62 pounds
30%
50 percent
42. If there are large numbers of flies around the dairy barn - what should be the first thing to be examined in an attempt to solve the fly problem?
High % of water
100
XY
Manure handling procedures
43. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
75-79.9
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Extremely fat
44. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
5
300 + degree
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Rolling Herd Average
45. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
PH 4.6
Administered under the skin
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Listeria
46. HTST is a ______________
Pasteurizing system
14 days
5-9 years old
Pulsator
47. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
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.
MyDairy
Reproductive failure
Poll
48. This vitamin plays a role in the coagulation of blood...
Attract the opposite sex
Vitamin K
30 hours
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
49. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
Swollen hock
Commodity Credit Corporation
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Guernsey
50. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Alfalfa and Clover
Decreases - increases
Rolling Herd Average
Bovine Viral Diarrhea