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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
Guernsey and Jersey
Poor
Rumen
Laminitis
2. What is lactogenesis?
The initiation of milk secretion
Udder
National Farmers Organization
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
3. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
High % of water
Retained placenta
Omasum
Lactose intolerance
4. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
PGF
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Prussic acid poisoning
Digital Dermatitis
5. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Two
Vitamin K
70%
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
6. NAFTA
Symbiotic
North American Free Trade Agreement
Progesterone
Water
7. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Poll
Potassium
50 percent
National Milk Producers Federation
8. How many days after parturition should you wait before breeding a cow back?
60 days
Urea
Mycobacterium bovis
2000's
9. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
To give birth
Direct Microscopic Counts
.39%
10. What units are used to measure energy?
Calories
9 weeks
5
Brown Swiss
11. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Administered under the skin
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Magnesium
12. 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?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
50
30%
13. A switch on a cow is...
Parturtion
Heifer
It has a lower vacuum requirement
The bottom most part of the tail
14. When looking at DHI records - what do the letters RHA stand for?
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Rolling Herd Average
Direct Microscopic Counts
Interdigital phlegmon
15. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Pasteurizing system
Rolling Herd Average
Feeding the cow
Subclinical
16. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
Ringworm
Two times
6 hours
Foreign Agricultural Service
17. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
No less than 60% moisture
Animal Improvement Program Lab
24 hours
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
18. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?
PH 4.6
Carbon
Two
Chine
19. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
5
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Calories
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
20. FAS
Laminitis
Hardware disease
Cystic
Foreign Agricultural Service
21. The rumen of a cow is located...
A minimum of every 6 months
Left side of the body
Relative Forage Value
Carbon
22. 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.
400 pounds
Pink eye
87%
Bovine Somatotropin
23. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Bangs
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
25-30
Solids removal
24. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
85
Two
In the cell wall
4 years
25. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
Pulsator
Swollen hock
Vibriosis
European Union
26. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Side by side (head out)
Lactose intolerance
5000000
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
27. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
Feed
When it is proven that she will breed
Copper sulfate
Neutral Detergent Fiber
28. 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?
Nitrogen
Duodenum
5-9 years old
750000
29. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
Epinephrine
Sodium Bicarbonate
No less than 60% moisture
Decreases - increases
30. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
National Farmers Organization
Rump
Nitrogen
Hormones
31. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
5
Jersey
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
32. FSA
Fat residue
Farm Service Agency
Nitrogen excretion
Interdigital phlegmon
33. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
1
Two weeks prior to calving
Longer than 1.5 inches
Large Plastic Bags
34. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
Back flushing
20
Negative net energy balance
20000000
35. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
282 days
5
305 days
Esophageal groove
36. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Vitamin A
Very good
Guernsey
Total Digestible Nutrients
37. Cows treated with BST typically show an increase in milk production of...
Back flushing
Post-synch
10%
Sodium Bicarbonate
38. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
Rolling Herd Average
5
Milking Shorthorn
Blind quarter
39. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
10
Bone calcium
5000000
Rumen
40. Dairy rations - especially those for high producing cows - may be buffered to maintain a desirable rumen pH. The most common buffering agent for this is...
Modified Live Virus
Side by side (head out)
Sodium Bicarbonate
Mastitis
41. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Mud - water - and manure
30
Dairy character
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
42. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
Flank
National Milk Producers Federation
Methane
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
43. Which one of the following describes biotin?
Blind quarter
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
A B-Vitamin
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
44. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
A negatively charged ion
Epinephrine
35 to 40%
Heat detection and conception rates
45. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Milking Shorthorn
45-55
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Follicular and luteal
46. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
Displaced abomasum
80
8.62 pounds
Hardware disease
47. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?
Abortion
400‐500 gallons
Foreign Agricultural Service
Jersey
48. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
30 hours
Listeria
XY
49. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Rump
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Back flushing
Symbiotic
50. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
Basic Formula Price
Attract the opposite sex
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
A negatively charged ion