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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
8.62 pounds
Vitamin B
Commodity Credit Corporation
2. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...
Nonfat Dry Milk
Jersey
Large Plastic Bags
Rump
3. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
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.
Vitamin A
4. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
Hormones
Blind quarter
100%
Registered Holstein Ancestry
5. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
Mule-foot
101.5 degrees F
2:1
Bone calcium
6. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
20000000
282 days
Rumen
Net Energy
7. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
5
70% moisture
10 days
No less than 60% moisture
8. Brucellosis is also know as...
80
400 pounds
Bangs
400‐500 gallons
9. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Animal Improvement Program Lab
101.5 degrees F
Stainless steel
Swollen hock
10. FSA
Farm Service Agency
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Cheddar
60
11. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
Negative net energy balance
5-9 years old
MyDairy
Small intestine
12. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Dished
Prussic acid poisoning
Oxytocin
Between 28 to 30 days
13. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
20
A minimum of every 6 months
40/60
Body weight
14. BST is the acronym for what compound?
Leukocytes
Bovine Somatotropin
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Drug residue
15. Research has shown that by formulating lactating cow rations with proper amounts of certain amino acids - we can decrease the crude protein content of the ration and reduce _______________________?
750000
Nitrogen excretion
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
XY
16. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
Water
Direct Microscopic Counts
20-30%
18
17. 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
% Protein
XY
Total Production Index
Increase - 5
18. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Mule-foot
Guernsey
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
National Milk Producers Federation
19. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
3.0
Bovine Somatotropin
40 gallons
20. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
10
Inguinal
In the cell wall
Copper sulfate
21. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
Cheese
Chine
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Corpus Luteum
22. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
Water
Between 28 to 30 days
Cryoscope
Symbiotic
23. 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.
Rolling Herd Average
Plate chiller
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Farm Service Agency
24. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...
Rump
Recessive
Twice/day
The weaving gait of affected cattle
25. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Lignin
40/60
During the first pregnancy
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
26. 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...
Brown Swiss
Administered under the skin
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Sickle hocked
27. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______
Pulsator
Large Plastic Bags
Decreases - increases
Roughage
28. BVD
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Total Digestible Nutrients
Milk fever
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
29. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
1
90-100
Farm Service Agency
Hardware disease
30. Which one of the following describes biotin?
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Streptococus agalactae
Non-forage Carbohydrates
A B-Vitamin
31. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
101.5 degrees F
After 55 days
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
60 days
32. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
10
70%
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Pasteurizing system
33. What is a cation?
60
A positively charged ion
50
Feeding the cow
34. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Mule-foot
Mastitis
Energy
Corpus Luteum
35. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?
Recessive
Mud - water - and manure
Parturtion
12-14 weeks
36. A ____________gene in Black and White Holsteins is responsible for the red and white color being expressed at times...
10 days
% Degradable proteins
Recessive
25
37. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
Rear feet and legs
Holstein
PH 4.6
Cystic
38. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Drug residue
Pink eye
4 years
39. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Feed
Potassium
Follicular and luteal
Alfalfa and Clover
40. On average - how many weekd after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak?
Urea
North American Free Trade Agreement
12-14 weeks
Restraint and control of the animal
41. How frequently should an average freshen?
30%
Once every 12 months
Faster
85
42. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Brown Swiss
Cation-Anion Difference
Heat detection and conception rates
Copper
43. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
Rumen and reticulum
Relative Forage Value
Abomasum
Propionic acid
44. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
10 days
Body weight
1957
Milk fever
45. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
Mud - water - and manure
15 months
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
46. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
300 + degree
Laminitis
47. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Farm Service Agency
Basic Formula Price
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
48. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Rolling Herd Average
4 years
Heat detection and conception rates
PH 4.6
49. Milk traits - i.e. fat - protein - SNF and etc. - tend to have a heritability of about...
No less than 60% moisture
Rump
In the cell wall
20-30%
50. NMPF
High-producing pregnant cows
National Milk Producers Federation
% Degradable proteins
Arteries
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