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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. NFDM
Commodity Credit Corporation
Nonfat Dry Milk
Fat residue
To give birth
2. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
305 days
Bovine Somatotropin
Small intestine
Two
3. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
% Protein
2.25
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
30%
4. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
European Union
Brown Swiss
You S Animal Health Association
Carbon Dioxide Gas
5. 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.
When it is proven that she will breed
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
% Protein
Plate chiller
6. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Carbon
Brucellosis
Poll
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
7. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
Mammals
Once every 12 months
Follicular and luteal
72
8. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Corpus Luteum
Rump
72
282 days
9. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
Heifer
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Income over feed costs
After each use
10. According to the NRC - what percent calcium should a dry cow ration contain?
50 percent
2.25
.39%
40 degrees F
11. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?
Progesterone
Cation-Anion Difference
Holstein
Net Energy
12. USAHA
You S Animal Health Association
Increase - 5
Back flushing
Registered Holstein Ancestry
13. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Basic Formula Price
Corpus Luteum
Jersey
6 hours
14. Name the three common places Coliforms are found.
Mud - water - and manure
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Follicle stimulating hormone
30
15. When looking at DHI records - what do the letters RHA stand for?
Arteries
Pulsator
Rolling Herd Average
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
16. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Mycotoxins
75%
Feed
35 to 40%
17. GnRH
Loin and chine
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Post-synch
75%
18. Fermented forage plants relates to...
Silage
Mud - water - and manure
Rump
Calcium
19. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Lignin
2000's
Udder
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
20. NAFTA
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
North American Free Trade Agreement
10 days
Calcium
21. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
70% moisture
24
Two weeks prior to calving
Body weight
22. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
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.
Abomasum
Left side of the body
Dairy Comp 305
23. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
70%
Bone calcium
Poll
Copper sulfate
24. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Blind quarter
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
20000000
Clipping and singeing
25. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Copper
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Nonfat Dry Milk
Large intestines
26. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
Epinephrine
Enteritis
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
50 percent
27. Cows that are at risk of developing ketosis can be fed what vitamin to help prevent ketosis?
Rolling Herd Average
High % of water
Niacin
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
28. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
5000000
Jersey
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
29. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Composting
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Total Mixed Ration
MyDairy
30. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
24 hours
Parturtion
85
Very good
31. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
Copper sulfate
% Protein
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Parathyroid gland
32. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Extremely fat
Solids removal
Net Energy
European Union
33. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Attract the opposite sex
Two times
35 to 40%
Small intestine
34. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
24 hours
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
60
35. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Retained placenta
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Animal Improvement Program Lab
36. When using sexed semen - conception rates are _________ percent of the conception rates achieved when using unsexed semen under the same conditions?
20-30%
Water
5000000
50-80%
37. BFP
1
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Basic Formula Price
Twelve
38. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Zinc
Vitamin A
Omasum
39. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
60 days
Manure handling procedures
Modified Live Virus
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
40. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
Modified Live Virus
Calcium
Body weight
3.5-4.0
41. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
20-30%
Pink eye
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
42. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?
16-18
Nonprotein nitrogen
Water
25
43. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...
Carbon Dioxide Gas
75-79.9
75-79.9
Poor
44. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
Cryoscope
75%
62 to 65% moisture
.39%
45. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
4 years
The bottom most part of the tail
Potassium
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
46. PTAT
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
A B-Vitamin
Oxytocin
Rolling Herd Average
47. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.
Blind quarter
Heifer
Bone calcium
Hormones
48. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Cheddar cheese
Farm Service Agency
40/60
49. What pathway in youg calves direct milk into the abomasum - bypassing the rumen - reticulum - and omasum?
Longer than 1.5 inches
Abortion
Solids removal
Esophageal groove
50. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Rumen and reticulum
Modified Live Virus
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull