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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
25
15 months
Mastitis
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
2. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.
60
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
90-100
Dairy character
3. The Global Dairy Agenda for Action is a pledge to reduce _______ emissions in an attempt to address global warming?
10%
80
Carbon
Pasteurizing system
4. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
No less than 60% moisture
Two times
30
Calcium
5. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
In the cell wall
Pink eye
Dairy Comp 305
Small intestine
6. Legally you cannot make cottage cheese from raw milk - but you can make _________ from raw milk.
Cheddar cheese
Rear feet and legs
Brown Swiss
Escherichia coli
7. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Once every 12 months
Digestive
90-100
Sole
8. Cows produce pheromones which...
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
3.5-4.0
Fat residue
Attract the opposite sex
9. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Oxytocin
Calcium
Poor
50
10. All milking equipment must be sanitized...
Milk fever
30
Udder
After each use
11. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
Arteries
Blind quarter
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
12. Which compartment of a dairy cow's stomach is located closest to the heart and it is a spot where hardware disease occurs?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Abomasum
Reticulum
Administered via blood vessels
13. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?
Twelve
100
Niacin
% Protein
14. The standard length of the dry period in dairy cattle is ________?
60 days
A minimum of every 6 months
Premis ID
Commodity Credit Corporation
15. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Back flushing
Displaced abomasum
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
16. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Nonprotein nitrogen
Lactose intolerance
Brown Swiss
17. When referring to rations - what do the letters NFC stand for?
25
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Cryoscope
Retained placenta
18. FARAD
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Jersey
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
The bottom most part of the tail
19. In which breed of cow is the incidence of milk fever most common?
20-30%
Jersey
300 + degree
Follicle stimulating hormone
20. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
The bottom most part of the tail
After each use
3.5-4.0
To add a concentrated form of energy
21. A free martin is considered a...
Recessive
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Extremely fat
50-70
22. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Side by side (head out)
Extremely fat
Nitrogen
23. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Composting
Brown Swiss
Omasum
Left side of the body
24. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Rolling Herd Average
Dairy character
750000
Recessive
25. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
750000
Brown Swiss
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Blind quarter
26. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?
Silage
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Fats
24
27. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
Small intestine
Pasteurizing system
Rumen
Commodity Credit Corporation
28. A dairy cow that has all 8 permanent incisor teeth can be considered to be a minimum of ______________old.
4 years
To give birth
Guernsey and Jersey
Brown Swiss
29. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?
Flank
Negative net energy balance
Pink eye
Lignin
30. EU
50-80%
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.
Sole
European Union
31. A free martin is considered a...
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
National Milk Producers Federation
Side by side (head out)
1957
32. When can a heifer calf born twin to a bull be registered?
Cheddar cheese
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Small Intestine
When it is proven that she will breed
33. Reduced gestation length and retained placenta typically are the first symptoms of _________________ vitamin deficiency
Vitamin A
Carbon Dioxide Gas
282 days
Mycobacterium bovis
34. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
Feeding the cow
Epinephrine
Corpus Luteum
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
35. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Dairy character
Four or more times
36. What pathway in youg calves direct milk into the abomasum - bypassing the rumen - reticulum - and omasum?
Esophageal groove
Milking Shorthorn
MyDairy
Jersey
37. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Side by side (head out)
Guernsey
PH 4.6
38. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
80
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
30
39. What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis?
Longer than 1.5 inches
Potassium
Income over feed costs
25%
40. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Vitamin A
62 to 65% moisture
Claw
41. GnRH
Epinephrine
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
Flank
42. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
50-80%
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Holstein
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
43. Which part of an animal touches the ground if he/she is walking on a correct set of feet and legs?
Bovine Somatotropin
Farm Service Agency
Black leg
Sole
44. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Rolling Herd Average
Longer than 1.5 inches
To give birth
Rolling Herd Average
45. What is an anion?
Mud - water - and manure
MyDairy
A negatively charged ion
3.0
46. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
40 gallons
Udder
Sodium
Zinc
47. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
Disbudding
Fat residue
3-6 minutes
40 gallons
48. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
85
Displaced abomasum
Beta-carotene
Small Intestine
49. FAS
Digestive
Foreign Agricultural Service
80
.39%
50. What is an anion?
Back flushing
A negatively charged ion
750000
Water