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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
Swollen hock
2.25
Follicle stimulating hormone
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows

2. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?
Administered under the skin
9%
Guernsey
80

3. In regards to pedigrees - What is a RHA?
Registered Holstein Ancestry
To add a concentrated form of energy
3.0
Nitrogen

4. When the environmental temperature falls below 30°F - the normal diet of a young calf should be supplemented with _______________?
5-9 years old
Sickle hocked
Listeria
Energy

5. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
8.62 pounds
25
40/60
Methane

6. What is Milk Fever paresis caused by?
Twice/day
A positively charged ion
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
400 pounds

7. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
50 percent
You S Animal Health Association
8.62 pounds
Faster

8. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
Fat residue
United States Dairy Export Council
Poll
Holstein

9. Milk let down in a dairy cow may be stimulated by...
Escherichia coli
Holstein
Feeding the cow
100

10. Ways to avoid milk fever in cows
The bottom most part of the tail
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows
Composting
Fat

11. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
1957
Total Mixed Ration
30
Milk on Demand

12. When discussing lactation records - What does the term 'fat corrected milk' mean?
1
Administered via blood vessels
Composting
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage

13. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
Brown Swiss
Total Production Index
24
25

14. Cows produce pheromones which...
Attract the opposite sex
Potassium
30 hours
Energy

15. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Hormones
Left side of the body
Side by side (head out)
300 + degree

16. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
PH 4.6
Cation-Anion Difference
Udder
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

17. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
North American Free Trade Agreement
3 years
60 days
Mixer box on a truck or trailer

18. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
A B-Vitamin
50-80%
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Bovine Somatotropin

19. A calf's birth weight is approximately ________% of its' mature weight.
5
National Farmers Organization
Udder
Modified Live Virus

20. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?
Magnesium
Pink eye
Heifer
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days

21. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...
60
Interdigital phlegmon
Guernsey
Rump

22. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
4 years
Predicted Transmitting Ability-Type
Displaced abomasum
Brown Swiss

23. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
Two weeks prior to calving
Food safety and Inspection Service
1
XY

24. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
Direct Microscopic Counts
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Nonfat Dry Milk
Methane

25. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
After each use
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Clipping and singeing
1957

26. What should the pH of a 'close up' Holstein's urine be?
GTPI
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Vitamin A
20

27. A very popular dairy management software in Texas is...
Dairy Comp 305
Heat detection and conception rates
Once every 12 months
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices

28. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Direct Microscopic Counts
Cheddar
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa

29. BST is the acronym for what compound?
25
Alfalfa and Clover
Small Intestine
Bovine Somatotropin

30. ___________ represents the largest daily input cost in producing milk.
Milk fever
Feed
Faster
Post-synch

31. When discussing nutrition - What does NPN stand for?
Small intestine
4 years
Two weeks prior to calving
Nonprotein nitrogen

32. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...
No less than 60% moisture
Epinephrine
Animal Improvement Program Lab
Decreases - increases

33. Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (BPDME) is better known as Weaver Syndrome because of...
Poor
Abortion
Esophageal groove
The weaving gait of affected cattle

34. NFO
Loin and chine
National Farmers Organization
Reproductive failure
400 pounds

35. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Beta-carotene
80
Transponders
Leukocytes

36. GATT
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
A positively charged ion
Rear feet and legs
101.5 degrees F

37. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
Longer than 1.5 inches
Citrate
75%
Feed low potassium hay - silage - and anionic salts to dry cows

38. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
300 + degree
National Farmers Organization
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Stainless steel

39. According to recent USDA surveys - What is the most popular age to wean dairy calves?
Esophageal groove
9 weeks
Integrated pest management
Preparing cows properly

40. In the ruminant digestive system - which to the following is the name of first section of the small intestine that is connected to the abomasum?
Duodenum
2000's
Nonfat Dry Milk
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side

41. A switch on a cow is...
The bottom most part of the tail
A positively charged ion
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone

42. NFO
Roughage
National Farmers Organization
Nitrogen
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone

43. What is subcutaneous injection?
Four or more times
Administered under the skin
The weaving gait of affected cattle
No less than 60% moisture

44. Texas dairies normally must be permitted by the ___________before they begin operations.
Relative Forage Value
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Mud - water - and manure
Alfalfa and Clover

45. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Beta-carotene
Cation-Anion Difference
80
Mastitis

46. When doing classification scoring - a cow given the numerical value of 85-89.9 is classified as...
National Farmers Organization
Displaced abomasum
Very good
A B-Vitamin

47. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Blind quarter
Premis ID
Between 28 to 30 days
Holstein

48. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
9 weeks
24 hours
Feeding the cow
Heat detection and conception rates

49. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Progesterone
Between 14 and 35 days
30 hours
MyDairy

50. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Vitamin A
45-55
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.
1