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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Brucellosis is also know as...
Bangs
Dairy Comp 305
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
2. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
A minimum of every 6 months
% Protein
Abomasum
Nonfat Dry Milk
3. Name the three common places Coliforms are found.
Mud - water - and manure
Niacin
Bangs
Flank
4. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
3.0
80
Digestive
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
5. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
40/60
Escherichia coli
Lactose intolerance
30%
6. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
Solids removal
During the first pregnancy
Flank
5000000
7. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Inguinal
Water
Cheddar
8. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?
In the cell wall
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
1957
Cystic
9. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
75-79.9
Increase - 5
16-18
15 months
10. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______
Abomasum
Decreases - increases
Preparing cows properly
101.5 degrees F
11. A disease transmitted through natural mating which causes abortion - low conception rates - and irregular heat cycles is _____________________.
25 gallons
Vibriosis
3.5-4.0
Vitamin A
12. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Total Digestible Nutrients
Very good
Roughage
13. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
70%
A minimum of every 6 months
Back flushing
Sole
14. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Rolling Herd Average
25-30
15. EU
Poor
Copper
European Union
Bangs
16. 98% of somatic cells are...
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Abomasum
400 pounds
Leukocytes
17. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
A minimum of every 6 months
Food safety and Inspection Service
Prussic acid poisoning
Disbudding
18. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
Mastitis
Basic Formula Price
Milking Shorthorn
Body weight
19. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Chine
Mud - water - and manure
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Stainless steel
20. Lactation is unique to _________.
Once every 12 months
Mammals
Jersey
Large Plastic Bags
21. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Jersey
750000
25%
Interdigital phlegmon
22. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
A B-Vitamin
50
30
Progesterone
23. When can a heifer calf born twin to a bull be registered?
When it is proven that she will breed
80
Vitamin A
2.25
24. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...
Two
14 days
25-30
Arteries
25. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?
Flank
Follicular and luteal
In the cell wall
24 hours
26. Milk traits - i.e. fat - protein - SNF and etc. - tend to have a heritability of about...
Follicle stimulating hormone
Methane
Total Digestible Nutrients
20-30%
27. USAHA
You S Animal Health Association
Total Digestible Nutrients
Carbon Dioxide Gas
2:1
28. What combines the Predicted Transmitting Ability for protein - fat - type and udder composite index and ranks the animal on its ability to transmit a balance of these four traits
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Flank
Total Production Index
Potassium
29. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
Bone calcium
Holstein
Direct Microscopic Counts
Administered in the muscle
30. NMPF
Four or more times
National Milk Producers Federation
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Reticulum
31. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?
Abortion
GTPI
Recessive
400 pounds
32. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?
European Union
Lignin
Negative net energy balance
Roughage
33. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.
Mastitis
60
Faster
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
34. All U.S. dairy farms are inspected by state inspectors through a program coordinated by the Food and Drug Administration. Inspectors follow a publication called the PMO. What does PMO stand for?
Feed
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Brown Swiss
50
35. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
A positively charged ion
Vitamin A
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Feed
36. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
To give birth
Calcium
Udder
Heat detection and conception rates
37. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
The initiation of milk secretion
North American Free Trade Agreement
Jersey
Holstein
38. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Guernsey
Arteries
Follicle stimulating hormone
39. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
Retained placenta
Food safety and Inspection Service
750000
Attract the opposite sex
40. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?
United States Dairy Export Council
Alfalfa and Clover
Retained placenta
3-6 minutes
41. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...
Mycotoxins
Vitamin A
Arteries
High % of water
42. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
Premis ID
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Negative net energy balance
Reproductive failure
43. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
Hormones
Total Digestible Nutrients
Energy
15 months
44. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
Holstein
Heat detection and conception rates
Jersey
Rumen
45. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
Sole
Cheddar
1957
Bovine Somatotropin
46. What is intra musclular injection?
Between 14 and 35 days
Income over feed costs
Foreign Agricultural Service
Administered in the muscle
47. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
100%
Faster
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Subclinical
48. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
Increase - 5
Sole
Vitamin K
4 years
49. Bulk tanks must be emptied and cleaned every _____ hours.
A negatively charged ion
Blind quarter
72
Vibriosis
50. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
Propionic acid
A negatively charged ion
Two
Abortion