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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. Name the three common places Coliforms are found.
Mud - water - and manure
Basic Formula Price
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
3.0
2. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
5
North American Free Trade Agreement
Cation-Anion Difference
3. When discussing feed mixers - What is the range of manufacturers recommmended mixing times?
Zinc
Laminitis
3-6 minutes
Leukocytes
4. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Between 28 to 30 days
8.62 pounds
Mastitis
5. When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for?
Net Energy
To add a concentrated form of energy
Basic Formula Price
Income over feed costs
6. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
Blind quarter
20000000
Laminitis
To give birth
7. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
75-79.9
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Escherichia coli
Abomasum
8. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
Feed
Twelve
Parturtion
Carbon
9. What is the scientific term for birth?
Parturtion
Symbiotic
Administered via blood vessels
XY
10. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?
Very good
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Dairy Comp 305
Swollen hock
11. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
National Milk Producers Federation
To give birth
Fat residue
Holstein
12. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Dairy character
Modified Live Virus
Citrate
Guernsey
13. 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 _______________________?
Nitrogen excretion
Modified Live Virus
A negatively charged ion
Abomasum
14. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Side by side (head out)
Progesterone
XY
15. A free martin is considered a...
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
9 weeks
Cystic
24 hours
16. To dairymen - the most harmful disease impacting milk production and their economic bottom line is...
Vibriosis
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Mastitis
4 years
17. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Solids removal
Lignin
Foreign Agricultural Service
1957
18. Which cows have higher protein requirements?
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Mammals
High-producing pregnant cows
305 days
19. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
50
Fat
Calories
Left side of the body
20. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...
70%
Urea
Guernsey and Jersey
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
21. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Rear feet and legs
Energy
22. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Mastitis
Transponders
The weaving gait of affected cattle
23. FAS
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Foreign Agricultural Service
2:1
Modified Live Virus
24. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Digestive
After each use
25. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Vibriosis
Mastitis
Plate chiller
Escherichia coli
26. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
9 weeks
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Jersey
Nitrogen excretion
27. IDFA
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Chine
85
To add a concentrated form of energy
28. Fermented forage plants relates to...
Two times
Bangs
Manure handling procedures
Silage
29. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Twice/day
Potassium
Heifer
Transponders
30. BFP
Potassium
Basic Formula Price
Nitrogen
Udder
31. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
Carbon
50-80%
8.62 pounds
Guernsey
32. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
Holstein
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Copper
Preparing cows properly
33. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Holstein
Cheddar
Oxytocin
Two weeks prior to calving
34. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
No less than 60% moisture
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Attract the opposite sex
Dairy character
35. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
50
Left side of the body
Claw
The initiation of milk secretion
36. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Cheddar cheese
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Total Mixed Ration
37. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Mycotoxins
Nitrogen
60
38. What is a cation?
Water
Parturtion
Roughage
A positively charged ion
39. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Clipping and singeing
Laminitis
90-100
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
40. Cows treated with BST typically show an increase in milk production of...
Drug residue
Leukocytes
Bovine Somatotropin
10%
41. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Brown Swiss
Guernsey and Jersey
National Milk Producers Federation
Attract the opposite sex
42. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
305 days
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Parturtion
750000
43. Adequate consumption of long fiber roughage is important to both milk production and herd heath. A long fiber roughage is one that is...
Cation-Anion Difference
Sickle hocked
75%
Longer than 1.5 inches
44. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
Holstein
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Clipping and singeing
Mule-foot
45. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
60 days
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
75%
Potassium
46. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
North American Free Trade Agreement
Limber leg
XY
Guernsey
47. A switch on a cow is...
The bottom most part of the tail
Ringworm
Pasteurizing system
Back flushing
48. When can a heifer calf born twin to a bull be registered?
Mammals
When it is proven that she will breed
3.0
9%
49. In a cow - where would you find the alveolus?
80
45-55
Udder
Holstein
50. BVD
Net Energy
Administered via blood vessels
Water
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
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