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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
Fat
Lactose intolerance
When it is proven that she will breed
Large Plastic Bags
2. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Milk on Demand
Laminitis
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
3. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Cheddar
60 days
5
4. 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?
30 hours
90-100
Duodenum
Composting
5. FSA
Attract the opposite sex
Sire conception rate
Limber leg
Farm Service Agency
6. In the standard protocol for cleaning milking equipment - which of the following is not one of the four phases of cleaning?
Back flushing
70%
Alfalfa and Clover
Reproductive failure
7. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?
Poor
.39%
40 degrees F
3 years
8. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
Once every 12 months
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Rumen
9. Heritability for milk production in dairy cattle is...
60 days
Magnesium
MyDairy
30%
10. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
Calories
Dairy Comp 305
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Lactose intolerance
11. A dairyman may milk in a rapid exit barn. This simply means that...
Feeding the cow
Modified Live Virus
60 days
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
12. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
Jersey
35 to 40%
Milk on Demand
To add a concentrated form of energy
13. Milk that is low in SCC has more casein - which is a primary component in _______?
Digestive
Cheese
United States Dairy Export Council
Leukocytes
14. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
400 pounds
Prussic acid poisoning
Lactose intolerance
Abortion
15. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
Brucellosis
Loin and chine
A negatively charged ion
Omasum
16. How many days after parturition should you wait before breeding a cow back?
Digestive
Administered via blood vessels
60 days
After each use
17. What is intravenous injection?
Two times
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Administered via blood vessels
Black leg
18. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
Reticulum
20
Vitamin K
Income over feed costs
19. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...
A B-Vitamin
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Sire conception rate
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
20. A disease causing air bubbles under the skin and usually results in rapid death is __________.
Milking Shorthorn
Black leg
18
Parturient paresis
21. A disease transmitted through natural mating which causes abortion - low conception rates - and irregular heat cycles is _____________________.
Poor
Between 14 and 35 days
Vibriosis
Chine
22. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
Brown Swiss
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Sire conception rate
Water
23. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
30 hours
Longer than 1.5 inches
Guernsey
% Degradable proteins
24. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
2.25
14 days
20
40 gallons
25. IPM
2000's
Integrated pest management
Alfalfa and Clover
During the first pregnancy
26. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Poor
Brown Swiss
Net Energy
Left side of the body
27. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Oxytocin
Water
28. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
A B-Vitamin
Jersey
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
European Union
29. Milking time is best reduced by...
Fats
Vitamin B
80
Preparing cows properly
30. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
Bone calcium
Administered in the muscle
30
60 days
31. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
Brown Swiss
Stainless steel
To give birth
32. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
16-18
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Nonprotein nitrogen
33. Which of the following is a compartment of the dairy cow's stomach?
Dairy character
Abomasum
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
34. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Oxytocin
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
100%
35. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Transponders
Heifer
25-30
750000
36. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
A negatively charged ion
Abomasum
Zinc
Mastitis
37. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
Limber leg
Income over feed costs
Streptococus agalactae
Commodity Credit Corporation
38. 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?
Manure handling procedures
Lignin
305 days
Nitrogen excretion
39. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Calcium
GTPI
2000's
NAtional Research Council
40. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
35 to 40%
Large intestines
Restraint and control of the animal
60 days
41. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...
Negative net energy balance
282 days
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Pink eye
42. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
% Degradable proteins
Reproductive failure
Ringworm
Composting
43. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
5000000
400‐500 gallons
Fat
Holstein
44. What percent of the cows feed intake is consumed during the daylight hours?
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
50-70
70%
Mastitis
45. USAHA
Administered under the skin
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
You S Animal Health Association
Dairy Comp 305
46. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Mammals
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Non-forage Carbohydrates
10 days
47. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Modified Live Virus
Foreign Agricultural Service
Laminitis
16-18
48. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...
Increase - 5
No less than 60% moisture
After each use
High % of water
49. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
80
Side by side (head out)
50. What is lactogenesis?
Carbon Dioxide Gas
The initiation of milk secretion
Holstein
Fat residue