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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. A free martin is considered a...
Poll
Feed
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
40/60
2. Crude fiber in a dietary ration must be at least ___% or milk fat percent will decrease.
Sodium Bicarbonate
Poor
Magnesium
18
3. What pathway in youg calves direct milk into the abomasum - bypassing the rumen - reticulum - and omasum?
25%
Esophageal groove
Methane
Symbiotic
4. Milk that is low in SCC has more casein - which is a primary component in _______?
Cheese
15 months
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Parturient paresis
5. What is a cation?
Between 28 to 30 days
A positively charged ion
Black leg
25%
6. IPM
Parturient paresis
Udder
Interdigital phlegmon
Integrated pest management
7. Hairy Heel Wart is scientifically known as what?
Left side of the body
Rolling Herd Average
Digital Dermatitis
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
8. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
2.25
Arteries
Mammals
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
9. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
2000's
Epinephrine
87%
Reticulum
10. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Hardware disease
Dished
Follicular and luteal
11. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
80
Administered via blood vessels
282 days
Non-forage Carbohydrates
12. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Reticulum
.39%
Digestive
13. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
100%
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Dairy character
14. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
25
Copper
50
Guernsey
15. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
4 years
Between 14 and 35 days
Leukocytes
16. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Nitrogen
5
Total Mixed Ration
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
17. Milking time is best reduced by...
Vitamin B
Preparing cows properly
40 degrees F
Fats
18. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
24 hours
Oxytocin
3.0
19. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?
50 percent
Brown Swiss
PH 4.6
Administered via blood vessels
20. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Poor
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Body weight
Roughage
21. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Mastitis
2000's
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
25 gallons
22. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Limber leg
Basic Formula Price
5000000
Vitamin K
23. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Nitrogen excretion
Total Production Index
Calcium
24. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
% Degradable proteins
Commodity Credit Corporation
Transponders
Commodity Credit Corporation
25. 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 _______________________?
Solids removal
Transponders
Registered Holstein Ancestry
Nitrogen excretion
26. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
30%
Rumen
Recessive
Between 14 and 35 days
27. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which is known as and functions as the 'true' stomach is the...
Flank
Abomasum
10 days
Ringworm
28. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?
Follicular and luteal
Once every 12 months
Urea
Vitamin K
29. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Dished
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Guernsey and Jersey
Neutral Detergent Fiber
30. Recent research traits have shown that dairy cows prefer to be milked __________ times/day if they are able to choose.
2:1
Chine
Body weight
Four or more times
31. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
GTPI
Chine
Holstein
32. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Disbudding
Drug residue
Parturient paresis
Transponders
33. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
You S Animal Health Association
Vitamin K
United States Dairy Export Council
Ringworm
34. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.
Zinc
Faster
Vitamin A
Pink eye
35. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
30
Inguinal
5
Parturient paresis
36. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Nitrogen
Loin and chine
Mastitis
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
37. NMPF
Brown Swiss
Cheese
National Milk Producers Federation
Niacin
38. The circulatory system of a dairy cow is very important to milk production. A dairy cow must circulate about _________ of blood for each pound of milk produced.
Vitamin B
Post-synch
Stainless steel
400 pounds
39. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Good plus
Large intestines
Twelve
Cheddar
40. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?
Black leg
Solids removal
XY
Side by side (head out)
41. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Plate chiller
24
Transponders
42. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Water
By dividing the total amount of milk produced in the past 365 days by the total number of cow years in the herd last year.
Bangs
43. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Mule-foot
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Digestive
Guernsey
44. Coccidia infection can occur when calves are 4 to 8 weeks old. Coccidia causes...
Flank
Enteritis
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Reproductive failure
45. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
Increase - 5
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Mammals
MyDairy
46. The hormone BST is given to dairy cows...
Small Intestine
750000
After 200 days of lactation
Reticulum
47. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
85
Between 28 to 30 days
Chine
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
48. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Brown Swiss
Water
Clipping and singeing
49. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
Interdigital phlegmon
Bangs
To give birth
50-70
50. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
Nitrogen
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Neutral Detergent Fiber
A negatively charged ion
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