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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. %DBH
Once every 12 months
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Longer than 1.5 inches
50 percent

2. NFO
Rear feet and legs
National Farmers Organization
75%
Poor

3. Cows that are at risk of developing ketosis can be fed what vitamin to help prevent ketosis?
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Niacin
Sodium
40 degrees F

4. Cows produce pheromones which...
Between 28 to 30 days
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Attract the opposite sex
Stainless steel

5. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?
PGF
Streptococus agalactae
XY
Small Intestine

6. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Holstein
3-6 minutes
16-18
Animal Improvement Program Lab

7. FSIS
Brown Swiss
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Food safety and Inspection Service
Poor

8. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?
PGF
Cystic
Composting
Water

9. Lactation is unique to _________.
Side by side (head out)
Mammals
3.0
Vitamin A

10. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Laminitis
Negative net energy balance
National Milk Producers Federation
40 gallons

11. IPM
85
High-producing pregnant cows
Integrated pest management
In the cell wall

12. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
Prussic acid poisoning
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
MyDairy
Mycobacterium bovis

13. A cow with high lactation persistence is important for a dairy's economic success. Lactation persistency is...
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Twice/day
Two times
Very good

14. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
GTPI
In the cell wall
5
Negative net energy balance

15. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Cheddar
National Milk Producers Federation
Milking Shorthorn
You S Animal Health Association

16. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
Inguinal
3.5-4.0
80
Sickle hocked

17. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
Reticulum
Omasum
Once every 12 months
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.

18. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
Foreign Agricultural Service
Very good
35 to 40%
Omasum

19. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
To give birth
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Rumen
50-70

20. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Brown Swiss
2:1
MyDairy
Side by side (head out)

21. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
Roughage
Poll
100%
Dairy Comp 305

22. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
400 pounds
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
300 + degree
35 to 40%

23. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
Administered via blood vessels
Pulsator
Pink eye
Administered under the skin

24. What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of?
Brucellosis
Brown Swiss
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Net Energy

25. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
United States Dairy Export Council
6 hours
Propionic acid
Small intestine

26. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Rolling Herd Average
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
To give birth

27. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
5000000

28. How frequently should an average freshen?
Milking Shorthorn
Mastitis
Once every 12 months
After 55 days

29. If the freezing point of a sample of raw milk is above 30 degrees F this indicates...
Calories
60 days
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
High % of water

30. What is an anion?
A negatively charged ion
2:1
You S Animal Health Association
25

31. Fats are broken down by a dairy cow In what part of her body?
Small intestine
45-55
70%
Foreign Agricultural Service

32. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
Digestive
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
24 hours
Nonprotein nitrogen

33. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
Claw
100%
50-80%
Pasteurizing system

34. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
Very good
Dairy Comp 305
Prussic acid poisoning
Progesterone

35. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?
Vitamin A
After 200 days of lactation
Abortion
Bovine Somatotropin

36. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
To give birth
XY
Poor
Fats

37. HTST is a ______________
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Pasteurizing system
Four or more times
Follicular and luteal

38. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
Mammals
1
3 years
Milking Shorthorn

39. Which one of the following is not classified as a fat‐soluble vitamin?
Abomasum
18
Vitamin B
Sire conception rate

40. Dry cows need 0.8 percent K in their diet. What element is K?
Administered under the skin
Potassium
Black leg
Mycotoxins

41. Normal presentation of a calf for parturition will have...
Nonprotein nitrogen
Roughage
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Nonstructural Carbohydrates

42. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
Blind quarter
60 days
Propionic acid
14 days

43. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Poor
Mastitis
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Extremely fat

44. EU
100%
European Union
Holstein
Milking Shorthorn

45. Grass Tetany may occur in early lactation cows grazing lush - heavily - fertilized pastures. Grass Tetany is caused by a ______________deficiency.
90-100
Corpus Luteum
20000000
Magnesium

46. FAS
25 gallons
Abomasum
Holstein
Foreign Agricultural Service

47. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
Niacin
Swollen hock
Pulsator
16-18

48. What state agency regulates waste management?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Mule-foot
Laminitis
Income over feed costs

49. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Loin and chine
Rumen
Decreases - increases
Administered in the muscle

50. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?
Water
50-80%
Zinc
Integrated pest management