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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...
Dairy Comp 305
Mycotoxins
Beta-carotene
60
2. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
Lignin
14 days
Omasum
Nitrogen excretion
3. GATT
40/60
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Sire conception rate
Udder
4. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
87%
35 to 40%
5. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
3 years
Copper
MyDairy
Niacin
6. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
35 to 40%
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Jersey
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
7. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Administered in the muscle
Small Intestine
Dairy character
Parathyroid gland
8. What units are used to measure energy?
Follicle stimulating hormone
40 gallons
Esophageal groove
Calories
9. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Guernsey
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Total Production Index
10. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
8.62 pounds
Duodenum
Parturient paresis
Longer than 1.5 inches
11. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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12. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
Brucellosis
Retained placenta
Body weight
Rump
13. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
Dished
Abomasum
Feed
Cystic
14. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
1957
Follicle stimulating hormone
Stainless steel
Methane
15. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
Sire conception rate
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Food safety and Inspection Service
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
16. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Income over feed costs
Limber leg
Potassium
Jersey
17. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
3-6 minutes
Total Mixed Ration
Zinc
Potassium
18. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
Follicle stimulating hormone
Vitamin A
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
101.5 degrees F
19. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Reticulum
Stainless steel
United States Dairy Export Council
After 55 days
20. What units are used to measure energy?
Holstein
Calories
305 days
Water
21. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
Energy
60 days
Bone calcium
Total Production Index
22. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
5
90-100
.39%
8.62 pounds
23. One form of biological pest management is a predator insect - that can be bought and released to help control flies at a dairy. Which of these is NOT true about these predators...
Vitamin A
Body weight
20 to 24
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
24. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
European Union
Drug residue
Brown Swiss
Milk on Demand
25. The rumen of a cow is located...
Left side of the body
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
The bottom most part of the tail
Milking Shorthorn
26. NSC
National Farmers Organization
Food safety and Inspection Service
9 weeks
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
27. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
Oxytocin
North American Free Trade Agreement
Listeria
Digestive
28. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
2000's
Cheddar
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Citrate
29. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
Oxytocin
Methane
Udder
70% moisture
30. Milking time is best reduced by...
25%
5
Preparing cows properly
Dished
31. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
European Union
Basic Formula Price
Heat detection and conception rates
Drug residue
32. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
Direct Microscopic Counts
6 hours
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Arteries
33. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?
400‐500 gallons
62 to 65% moisture
24 hours
10%
34. When discussing feed mixers - What is the range of manufacturers recommmended mixing times?
3-6 minutes
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
50-70
Esophageal groove
35. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
Restraint and control of the animal
Bangs
Commodity Credit Corporation
Brown Swiss
36. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
40 degrees F
Small intestine
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Administered via blood vessels
37. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which is known as and functions as the 'true' stomach is the...
Reproductive failure
Abomasum
Brown Swiss
3.5-4.0
38. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
400 pounds
Mycotoxins
Restraint and control of the animal
Laminitis
39. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
Oxytocin
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Heat detection and conception rates
Potassium
40. Fresh milk - at a dairy - is required to be cooled to a minimum of 50 degrees F within 4 hours time after milking. However many larger dairies are using a _______________ to accomplish this within minutes.
Relative Forage Value
Parturtion
Plate chiller
A B-Vitamin
41. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Copper
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.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Pink eye
42. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
XY
Reproductive failure
43. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
75%
% Degradable proteins
Holstein
Nonfat Dry Milk
44. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
A minimum of every 6 months
72
Follicular and luteal
45. How many das into a pregnancy can a fetus be sexed by ultrasound?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Increase - 5
After 55 days
Guernsey
46. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
After each use
20
Solids removal
10 days
47. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
Direct Microscopic Counts
20000000
Progesterone
40 degrees F
48. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Holstein
National Farmers Organization
90-100
Mycotoxins
49. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Plate chiller
Good plus
Interdigital phlegmon
400‐500 gallons
50. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
Pink eye
Negative net energy balance
Two times
72