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Dairy Cattle Basics

Subjects : industries, dairy
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1. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?






2. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?






3. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.






4. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.






5. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?






6. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?






7. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?






8. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?






9. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?






10. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?






11. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...






12. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...






13. What state agency regulates waste management?






14. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?






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






16. Which of the following is an infectious disease?






17. Why is fat added to dairy rations?






18. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?






19. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...






20. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?






21. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...






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






23. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.






24. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.






25. What is the USDA's AIPL?






26. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?






27. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?






28. What percent of milk is water?






29. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...






30. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?






31. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?






32. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?






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






34. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______






35. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...






36. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...






37. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?






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






39. What percent of milk is water?






40. NRC






41. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.






42. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?






43. What is intra musclular injection?






44. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters






45. What is a TMR to a dairy person?






46. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?






47. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...






48. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...






49. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?






50. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.

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