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1. Which of the following is a compartment of the dairy cow's stomach?
Abomasum
Large Plastic Bags
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
After 200 days of lactation

2. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
25 gallons
It has a lower vacuum requirement
.39%
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

3. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...
Side by side (head out)
Relative Forage Value
60
GTPI

4. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
Interdigital phlegmon
2:1
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Blind quarter

5. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
75%
Post-synch
After each use
Calcium

6. Coccidia infection can occur when calves are 4 to 8 weeks old. Coccidia causes...
Mastitis
Enteritis
Dished
Copper sulfate

7. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
Heat detection and conception rates
9 weeks
To give birth
Very good

8. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
Sodium
Very good
Once every 12 months
Milk fever

9. NAFTA
Basic Formula Price
Longer than 1.5 inches
North American Free Trade Agreement
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage

10. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
Omasum
Fat
50 percent
400‐500 gallons

11. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
Two
Holstein
50
Water

12. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Mycobacterium bovis
Relative Forage Value
Composting
You S Animal Health Association

13. NMPF
National Milk Producers Federation
20000000
Cheese
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals

14. What bacterium causes Johne's disease in cattle?
24 hours
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
30 hours
Abomasum

15. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Progesterone
High % of water
No less than 60% moisture

16. What is intra musclular injection?
High % of water
Administered in the muscle
Attract the opposite sex
Calcium

17. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Stainless steel
Subclinical
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage

18. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
Holstein
MyDairy
6 hours
300 + degree

19. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?
European Union
3.5-4.0
Fats
Lignin

20. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
You S Animal Health Association
Premis ID
45-55
Guernsey and Jersey

21. Which cows have higher protein requirements?
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
10 days
High-producing pregnant cows
Disbudding

22. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Enteritis
Vitamin A
Two weeks prior to calving
Vitamin B

23. How many days after parturition should you wait before breeding a cow back?
5000000
Swollen hock
60 days
It has a lower vacuum requirement

24. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Methane
Bangs
5000000

25. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Poor
Sickle hocked
40/60

26. In order to prevent bloat - the feed additive Poloxalene is often added to feed rations for cows that are grazing. Which of the following grazed forages are most likely to cause bloat?
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Alfalfa and Clover
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Calcium

27. HTST is a ______________
25 gallons
Body weight
Pasteurizing system
Cheddar cheese

28. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Solids removal
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Roughage
Poor

29. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Laminitis
Nitrogen
Prussic acid poisoning

30. What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen - near the groin?
During the first pregnancy
After 55 days
3-6 minutes
Inguinal

31. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
Vitamin A
40 gallons
Rear feet and legs
40 gallons

32. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.
Administered in the muscle
Heifer
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
60

33. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Extremely fat
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
75%

34. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
Retained placenta
20 to 24
Swollen hock
Nonstructural Carbohydrates

35. IPM
Net Energy
72
Pasteurizing system
Integrated pest management

36. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
Sickle hocked
Holstein
24
Flank

37. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Alfalfa and Clover
15 months
Niacin

38. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Brown Swiss
NAtional Research Council

39. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
100%
Cryoscope
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
75-79.9

40. What is the largest cost on most U.S. dairy farms?
To add a concentrated form of energy
Feed
60 days
Duodenum

41. NSC
2:1
Integrated pest management
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Extremely fat

42. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
40/60
72
Administered under the skin
305 days

43. The first feeding of colostrum should equal about ___ percent of the calf's body weight?
75-79.9
5
Follicular and luteal
75%

44. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Premis ID
Water
60
Longer than 1.5 inches

45. Cows produce pheromones which...
Administered under the skin
Attract the opposite sex
Sodium Bicarbonate
Foreign Agricultural Service

46. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Good plus
Sodium
Attract the opposite sex
Premis ID

47. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
After 55 days
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
20
A minimum of every 6 months

48. This bacteria causes 'Circling Disease' in cattle...
Mycotoxins
Listeria
Duodenum
.39%

49. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
A positively charged ion
Guernsey
Mammals
Bovine Viral Diarrhea

50. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
45-55
Omasum
Reproductive failure
Feed

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