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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Parturient paresis
Sole
2. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
101.5 degrees F
8.62 pounds
Carbon Dioxide Gas
European Union
3. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
10%
Fat residue
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Enteritis
4. 98% of somatic cells are...
Leukocytes
Symbiotic
High % of water
PH 4.6
5. What stomach compartments are not developed in a newborn calf?
Bone calcium
Rumen and reticulum
Escherichia coli
PH 4.6
6. 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?
Progesterone
101.5 degrees F
Holstein
Duodenum
7. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Vitamin A
Feed
18
Longer than 1.5 inches
8. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
3 years
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
5000000
Rumen
9. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
United States Dairy Export Council
Black leg
9%
Between 28 to 30 days
10. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
Drug residue
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
10%
11. What is the scientific term for birth?
Oxytocin
25%
Cryoscope
Parturtion
12. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Pulsator
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Two weeks prior to calving
Sodium
13. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Lignin
National Farmers Organization
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
14. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
Solids removal
Rear feet and legs
Enteritis
High % of water
15. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Symbiotic
% Protein
Holstein
Total Production Index
16. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
It has a lower vacuum requirement
% Degradable proteins
Neutral Detergent Fiber
60 days
17. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
Income over feed costs
Twice/day
3-6 minutes
Bovine Somatotropin
18. Cows produce pheromones which...
85
Progesterone
Attract the opposite sex
85
19. If there are large numbers of flies around the dairy barn - what should be the first thing to be examined in an attempt to solve the fly problem?
Foreign Agricultural Service
Escherichia coli
Manure handling procedures
Retained placenta
20. USDEC
45-55
Roughage
United States Dairy Export Council
Pulsator
21. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
Fats
Vitamin A
100%
Lignin
22. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Faster
3.5-4.0
Loin and chine
Hardware disease
23. A switch on a cow is...
Mycobacterium bovis
The bottom most part of the tail
Back flushing
Digestive
24. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Between 14 and 35 days
Very good
Hardware disease
Extremely fat
25. EU
Jersey
Sire conception rate
European Union
Net Energy
26. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
15 months
80
Longer than 1.5 inches
80
27. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
Esophageal groove
Drug residue
Decreases - increases
20 to 24
28. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Water
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
High-producing pregnant cows
Parturtion
29. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
A negatively charged ion
Interdigital phlegmon
1957
Between 14 and 35 days
30. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
400‐500 gallons
Swollen hock
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
31. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Basic Formula Price
Propionic acid
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
32. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
Sole
5-9 years old
You S Animal Health Association
After 200 days of lactation
33. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Manure handling procedures
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Guernsey
Listeria
34. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
Side by side (head out)
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
A positively charged ion
101.5 degrees F
35. What state agency regulates waste management?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Brown Swiss
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Bovine Somatotropin
36. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
Large intestines
3.0
5000000
37. The breed of dairy cattle that can be roan - all red - all white - or even spotted red and white is...
20000000
Vitamin A
20 to 24
Milking Shorthorn
38. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
Poll
Parturtion
Zinc
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
39. 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
Guernsey
Roughage
Digestive
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.
In the cell wall
Administered in the muscle
20000000
Plate chiller
41. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Pink eye
Guernsey
Water
42. A dairy cow that has her feet too far forward (under her belly) is said to be...
Sickle hocked
Vibriosis
Feeding the cow
PGF
43. NMPF
National Milk Producers Federation
20
Digital Dermatitis
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
44. This vitamin plays a role in the coagulation of blood...
After each use
Guernsey
Vitamin K
The initiation of milk secretion
45. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
NAtional Research Council
European Union
Follicle stimulating hormone
Vitamin B
46. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Abortion
PGF
Feed
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
47. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...
Arteries
Small Intestine
Poor
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
48. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Jersey
Nitrogen excretion
Dairy character
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
49. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
50 percent
Flank
Laminitis
Brown Swiss
50. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
3 years
Dairy character
Copper sulfate
Increase - 5