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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
NAtional Research Council
Cheddar
Decreases - increases
24 hours

2. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?
Clipping and singeing
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Calories
3.0

3. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
Fat residue
Swollen hock
60 days
Roughage

4. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
Brown Swiss
2000's
Flank
Restraint and control of the animal

5. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?
Guernsey
Premis ID
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
In the cell wall

6. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
1957
Cryoscope
Milking Shorthorn
Jersey

7. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
60 days
20-30%
750000
Rear feet and legs

8. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
Inguinal
70% moisture
Abomasum
Non-forage Carbohydrates

9. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
25-30
5
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Carbon Dioxide Gas

10. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
Total Production Index
20-30%
Swollen hock
Follicular and luteal

11. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
Citrate
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Udder
North American Free Trade Agreement

12. Which part of an animal touches the ground if he/she is walking on a correct set of feet and legs?
Mastitis
Sole
Brown Swiss
Relative Forage Value

13. What percent of the cows feed intake is consumed during the daylight hours?
Total Production Index
70%
400‐500 gallons
Plate chiller

14. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
Between 28 to 30 days
Mammals
Jersey
Sodium

15. Which of the following is not a commonly usedestrus synchronization program for dairy cattle?
Post-synch
Transponders
After each use
% Protein

16. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...
Mud - water - and manure
Mycotoxins
Very good
The weaving gait of affected cattle

17. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
International Dairy Foods Associactions
25
Holstein
.39%

18. What is intra musclular injection?
Two times
Cheese
Administered in the muscle
Administered under the skin

19. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
Carbon
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
2:1
50 percent

20. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
9%
Digestive
Integrated pest management
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

21. Allelomimetic behavior is defined as...
Rolling Herd Average
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
2.25
Feeding the cow

22. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
50-70
Cheese
8.62 pounds
Laminitis

23. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...
60 days
15 months
High % of water
Leukocytes

24. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
Guernsey and Jersey
1
Calories
Carbon

25. NFO
The initiation of milk secretion
National Farmers Organization
Udder
Vitamin A

26. IPM
Administered under the skin
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Udder
Integrated pest management

27. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
100%
5-9 years old
5
Side by side (head out)

28. About 90% of U.S. dairies use a __________ milking schedule.
50-70
Twice/day
25%
North American Free Trade Agreement

29. FSA
Administered under the skin
Farm Service Agency
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.
Parturtion

30. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
70%
16-18
Two weeks prior to calving
25%

31. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Rump
Poll
75%
400 pounds

32. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Epinephrine
Calcium
The initiation of milk secretion
Between 28 to 30 days

33. IDFA
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Extremely fat
1
60 days

34. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
National Milk Producers Federation
Laminitis
Between 14 and 35 days

35. What describes the fraction of the ration proteins - which is broken down by digestive enzymes and utilized by rumen bacteria?
% Degradable proteins
25-30
Back flushing
Digital Dermatitis

36. What is intravenous injection?
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Epinephrine
Two times
Administered via blood vessels

37. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?
Potassium
Nonprotein nitrogen
305 days
2.25

38. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
Between 28 to 30 days
100%
Two times
Side by side (head out)

39. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
20
10%
GTPI
Vitamin A

40. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
Modified Live Virus
No less than 60% moisture
Reproductive failure
Drug residue

41. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
101.5 degrees F
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
60 days
50 percent

42. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
20000000
Disbudding
Recessive
Bone calcium

43. 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?
1
Manure handling procedures
Fat residue
Potassium

44. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Jersey
Abomasum
87%
5000000

45. A material used in a footbath for cows with foot rot problems is...
Transponders
Feed
Copper sulfate
PGF

46. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
3-6 minutes
50-80%
Methane
Vitamin K

47. The rumen of a cow is located...
Left side of the body
Vibriosis
Small intestine
87%

48. NMPF
National Milk Producers Federation
Rear feet and legs
Sodium Bicarbonate
Once every 12 months

49. When reffering to vaccinations - what do the letters MLV stand for?
Copper
Modified Live Virus
Rumen
Oxytocin

50. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
Total Production Index
Subclinical
A minimum of every 6 months
62 to 65% moisture