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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Vitamin A
40 gallons
Water
Enteritis
2. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
5
Composting
3.5-4.0
Increase - 5
3. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Side by side (head out)
Sodium Bicarbonate
Rolling Herd Average
Back flushing
4. 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.
Milk fever
Alfalfa and Clover
Plate chiller
50 percent
5. What is subcutaneous injection?
Prussic acid poisoning
Jersey
Administered under the skin
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
6. GATT
After each use
Guernsey and Jersey
Listeria
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
7. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
25%
Post-synch
Fat
Restraint and control of the animal
8. USDEC
United States Dairy Export Council
24
Decreases - increases
Very good
9. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
Sickle hocked
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
400‐500 gallons
10. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Lignin
To give birth
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
11. For best results calves should be fed colostrum within ____ hours of calving...
Calories
6 hours
40 degrees F
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
12. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
40 gallons
Guernsey and Jersey
Increase - 5
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
13. NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Cheese
14. A switch on a cow is...
72
The bottom most part of the tail
After 55 days
3 years
15. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
Guernsey
75-79.9
Dairy character
45-55
16. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
60
Very good
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Neutral Detergent Fiber
17. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
Non-forage Carbohydrates
9%
Longer than 1.5 inches
Increase - 5
18. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...
Relative Forage Value
5000000
Epinephrine
Flank
19. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
Two weeks prior to calving
Reticulum
25
During the first pregnancy
20. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
300 + degree
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Vitamin B
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
21. A free martin is considered a...
Holstein
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Lignin
Animal Improvement Program Lab
22. What is subcutaneous injection?
Sole
Administered under the skin
Once every 12 months
Sodium
23. Dairy producers are particularly watchful for zoonotic diseases in their herd. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that...
Symbiotic
20-30%
High % of water
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
24. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
Dairy Comp 305
45-55
4 years
2000's
25. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
A negatively charged ion
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Restraint and control of the animal
8.62 pounds
26. 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 _______________________?
Animal Improvement Program Lab
305 days
Nitrogen excretion
Vitamin A
27. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
2000's
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Chine
400 pounds
28. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Udder
90-100
Hormones
Jersey
29. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
24 hours
Side by side (head out)
30 hours
30. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
Body weight
Twice/day
Poor
70% moisture
31. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Disbudding
Follicular and luteal
25 gallons
Dairy Comp 305
32. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?
Fat residue
Dairy character
Feeding the cow
Registered Holstein Ancestry
33. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?
3.0
Reproductive failure
6 hours
A negatively charged ion
34. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Cheddar
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Vitamin A
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
35. Milk that is low in SCC has more casein - which is a primary component in _______?
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Cheese
Copper
Decreases - increases
36. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
Cation-Anion Difference
Holstein
After 55 days
To give birth
37. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Vitamin A
Abortion
Nonprotein nitrogen
38. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Two times
5000000
European Union
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
39. %DBH
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Administered in the muscle
Copper sulfate
You S Animal Health Association
40. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Parathyroid gland
Nonfat Dry Milk
Streptococus agalactae
To give birth
41. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
Two weeks prior to calving
Prussic acid poisoning
Cryoscope
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
42. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Fat
Once every 12 months
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Poor
43. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
30 hours
10%
Cation-Anion Difference
Copper
44. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
9 weeks
4 years
Inguinal
24
45. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Sole
Two weeks prior to calving
85
46. Which part of an animal touches the ground if he/she is walking on a correct set of feet and legs?
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Sole
To add a concentrated form of energy
Once every 12 months
47. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
12-14 weeks
NAtional Research Council
Post-synch
Mycobacterium bovis
48. Almost 95% of the dairy cows in the U.S. are...
Holstein
Blind quarter
20 to 24
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
49. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
Follicle stimulating hormone
Water
15 months
% Protein
50. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Brown Swiss
87%
282 days