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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is intravenous injection?
Two weeks prior to calving
Administered under the skin
Subclinical
Administered via blood vessels
2. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
50
5-9 years old
Limber leg
Prussic acid poisoning
3. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
300 + degree
Abomasum
Feed
Nonfat Dry Milk
4. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
Two weeks prior to calving
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
2000's
5. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
The tendency for a group of animals to do the same thing at the same time
Digestive
Sickle hocked
Two times
6. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Poor
Administered under the skin
Loin and chine
Integrated pest management
7. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Brown Swiss
Bovine Somatotropin
Chine
Net Energy
8. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Oxytocin
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
9. Fresh milk - at a dairy - is required to be cooled to a minimum of 50 degrees F within 4 hours time after milking. However many larger dairies are using a _______________ to accomplish this within minutes.
Plate chiller
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Sickle hocked
Follicle stimulating hormone
10. A mutation where calves have little or no control over the movement of their legs is called...
25%
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Limber leg
Calories
11. The two U.S. dairy breeds that originated in the Channel Islands off the coast of France are...
Abomasum
Guernsey and Jersey
30%
Abomasum
12. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
15 months
25 gallons
3-6 minutes
Sire conception rate
13. What mineral is necessary for hemoglobin formation?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Copper
282 days
Dairy Comp 305
14. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Vitamin A
Milking Shorthorn
15. What is the accepted standard length for a lactation record in dairy cattle?
305 days
Omasum
MyDairy
Pulsator
16. Which one of the following is not classified as a fatāsoluble vitamin?
Pulsator
Vitamin B
40 gallons
1
17. Lactation is unique to _________.
% Protein
Mammals
Heifer
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
18. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Cryoscope
Calcium
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Roughage
19. In the reproductive tract of a dairy cow - how many uterine horns are there?
Once every 12 months
Abomasum
Two
Large intestines
20. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
High % of water
Extremely fat
Back flushing
21. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
Brown Swiss
24 hours
Brucellosis
Chine
22. What percent of milk is water?
87%
When it is proven that she will breed
Vitamin B
North American Free Trade Agreement
23. The number one reason for culling in U.S. dairy herds is...
A minimum of every 6 months
Reproductive failure
Jersey
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
24. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
Retained placenta
80
Energy
Ringworm
25. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?
Parturient paresis
Farm Service Agency
3.0
High-producing pregnant cows
26. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
35 to 40%
Black leg
3 years
27. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
Omasum
Propionic acid
80
Alfalfa and Clover
28. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Pink eye
Between 28 to 30 days
85
29. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
Relative Forage Value
1957
Brown Swiss
Feed
30. What is the approximate time of ovulation in cattle after the beginning of heat?
United States Dairy Export Council
Fat residue
Disbudding
30 hours
31. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Restraint and control of the animal
Disbudding
Cheddar
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
32. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
750000
Vitamin B
Mud - water - and manure
Mule-foot
33. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
Cheddar cheese
Clipping and singeing
2.25
It has a lower vacuum requirement
34. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
2000's
Direct Microscopic Counts
20-30%
% Degradable proteins
35. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
40/60
1957
To add a concentrated form of energy
Increase - 5
36. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.
100%
Direct Microscopic Counts
60
Niacin
37. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Hardware disease
50 percent
Cation-Anion Difference
Between 14 and 35 days
38. One form of biological pest management is a predator insect - that can be bought and released to help control flies at a dairy. Which of these is NOT true about these predators...
Loin and chine
Poor
Administered under the skin
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
39. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Guernsey
Zinc
Alfalfa and Clover
40. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
Listeria
Udder
Abomasum
Lignin
41. The typical lactation curve shows a dairy cow reaching her peak production about ________days into the lactation cycle.
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Sodium
Guernsey
50-70
42. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.
Integrated pest management
50 percent
PH 4.6
50
43. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
40 gallons
25
80
44. In a sire's proof - daughters' calving ease measures __________________.
Carbon
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Rumen and reticulum
Udder
45. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
During the first pregnancy
30
80
Brown Swiss
46. How frequently should an average freshen?
Beta-carotene
Once every 12 months
3.0
Duodenum
47. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
75-79.9
Back flushing
Follicle stimulating hormone
Nitrogen
48. What percent non-fiber carbohydrate should a ration contain for high producing cows?
Sodium
PH 4.6
35 to 40%
Foreign Agricultural Service
49. A bovine female which has not had a calf is a...
Heifer
Clipping and singeing
9 weeks
Milk fever
50. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
Registered Holstein Ancestry
The weaving gait of affected cattle
25-30
30