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Dairy Cattle Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. EU
European Union
Cryoscope
Cation-Anion Difference
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
2. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Dished
A B-Vitamin
Escherichia coli
Two times
3. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
40/60
Milking Shorthorn
Extremely fat
Abomasum
4. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Stainless steel
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Mammals
GTPI
5. Milk that is low in SCC has more casein - which is a primary component in _______?
Cheese
400‐500 gallons
Cryoscope
Pulsator
6. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.
Total Production Index
Mycotoxins
Chine
60
7. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
16-18
Pulsator
A B-Vitamin
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.
8. What is the reasonable score for body condition at mid-lactation?
European Union
24 hours
50-80%
3.0
9. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Rumen
Chine
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Brown Swiss
10. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
10%
Hormones
1
11. When looking at DHI records - what do the letters RHA stand for?
Vitamin A
Fat
Rolling Herd Average
Food safety and Inspection Service
12. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
5
Pasteurizing system
Abomasum
Drug residue
13. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
15 months
Good plus
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Very good
14. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
Jersey
24
Lignin
Interdigital phlegmon
15. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which is known as and functions as the 'true' stomach is the...
You S Animal Health Association
Enteritis
Abomasum
Parathyroid gland
16. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification good?
Copper sulfate
Stainless steel
75-79.9
Jersey
17. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
Stainless steel
Prussic acid poisoning
Milking Shorthorn
Esophageal groove
18. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
Water
National Milk Producers Federation
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Mycobacterium bovis
19. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
The weaving gait of affected cattle
Follicular and luteal
Vitamin A
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
20. PTAT
Premis ID
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
20
Vitamin B
21. dairy cow may not reach her highest milk yield until she is...
Subclinical
5-9 years old
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
9 weeks
22. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
European Union
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Clipping and singeing
23. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
Udder
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Manure handling procedures
100%
24. What percent of lactating dairy cows have oxytocin in their bloodstreams during milking?
305 days
100%
Premis ID
400‐500 gallons
25. A disease transmitted through natural mating which causes abortion - low conception rates - and irregular heat cycles is _____________________.
Composting
Cheddar cheese
Vibriosis
9 weeks
26. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
Nitrogen excretion
Calories
Sodium
Nonprotein nitrogen
27. The topline of a cow is made up of the...
Loin and chine
United States Dairy Export Council
Holstein
1957
28. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
Duodenum
Alfalfa and Clover
Sire conception rate
Mycobacterium bovis
29. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
Vibriosis
80
Follicular and luteal
10
30. If you add sugar to a milk product - you must ______ the minimum pasteurization temperature by _____ degrees F.
Increase - 5
Potassium
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
United States Dairy Export Council
31. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value 80-84.9?
Two weeks prior to calving
80
Good plus
Holstein
32. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
25%
Brown Swiss
400 pounds
Fat
33. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Milk fever
Transponders
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Black leg
34. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
Foreign Agricultural Service
Sodium
282 days
4 years
35. How often will HACCP inspect each Dairy Farm?
305 days
Inguinal
A minimum of every 6 months
Esophageal groove
36. Almost 95% of the dairy cows in the U.S. are...
Holstein
3.0
Transponders
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
37. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Nitrogen
Total Mixed Ration
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Basic Formula Price
38. Quality forage is critical for acow's milk production. Many people evaluate hay based upon its green color; others think the color is a poor indication of nutrient composition. However - green colored hay is generally considered to have a higher ____
Holstein
Feed
Beta-carotene
16-18
39. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
15 months
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
40. Which mineral functions in maintaining osmotic pressure - acid-base balance - and body fluid balance?
Small intestine
Copper sulfate
Sodium
Heat detection and conception rates
41. Which purebred dairy breed association introduced a 'dairy price stabilization' program in 2009?
50-80%
Restraint and control of the animal
Holstein
Pasteurizing system
42. What percent of the cows feed intake is consumed during the daylight hours?
Interdigital phlegmon
70%
Commodity Credit Corporation
Duodenum
43. A dairy expects to cull approximately _________% of their herd each year.
Epinephrine
25-30
The weaving gait of affected cattle
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
44. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
Disbudding
Streptococus agalactae
Displaced abomasum
80
45. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
MyDairy
Parturtion
Poor
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
46. A Milking herd's TMR should be available to cows how many hours throughout the day?
In the cell wall
Digital Dermatitis
20 to 24
Plate chiller
47. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
Transponders
24
Small Intestine
48. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?
90-100
Total Digestible Nutrients
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Udder
49. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
Side by side (head out)
9%
Pasteurizing system
Escherichia coli
50. Many dairymen 'dock' the tail on their cows much to the chagrin of Animals Rights groups. They believe This is necessary to...
70% moisture
A B-Vitamin
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Non-forage Carbohydrates