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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?






2. BVD






3. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?






4. BFP






5. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...






6. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?






7. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?






8. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...






9. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.






10. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?






11. Lactation is unique to _________.






12. A dairy cow that has her feet too far forward (under her belly) is said to be...






13. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...






14. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...






15. Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck?






16. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.






17. Brucellosis is also know as...






18. The rumen of a cow is located...






19. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency






20. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?






21. What is lactogenesis?






22. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?






23. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...






24. All milking equipment must be sanitized...






25. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?






26. What is a cation?






27. 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...






28. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...






29. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?






30. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...






31. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?






32. Endocrinology is the science dealing with _______________.






33. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.






34. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.






35. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?






36. The topline of a cow is made up of the...






37. Corn silage - stored in upright - top-unloading silos - should be chopped at which percent moisture?






38. Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (BPDME) is better known as Weaver Syndrome because of...






39. What is an anion?






40. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?






41. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?






42. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...






43. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...






44. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?






45. Milk traits - i.e. fat - protein - SNF and etc. - tend to have a heritability of about...






46. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?






47. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?






48. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.






49. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?






50. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...







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