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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
Pulsator
MyDairy
Nitrogen
Milking Shorthorn

2. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Vitamin K
After 200 days of lactation
Abortion
Clipping and singeing

3. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
Oxytocin
Total Digestible Nutrients
Holstein
20-30%

4. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
In the cell wall
16-18
Fat
Duodenum

5. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
A negatively charged ion
Energy
300 + degree
Cheddar

6. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
.39%
Two
24

7. Producers using BST must give their cows an injection of it every...
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
10%
14 days
Pink eye

8. What trait with the only positive genetic correlation to milk production?
Between 14 and 35 days
Mastitis
5
Dairy character

9. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which is known as and functions as the 'true' stomach is the...
Abomasum
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
Nonprotein nitrogen
Basic Formula Price

10. Which of the following is a compartment of the dairy cow's stomach?
Reticulum
Vitamin B
Pink eye
Abomasum

11. Hairy Heel Wart is scientifically known as what?
Digital Dermatitis
Milk on Demand
.39%
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin

12. Dairy rations - especially those for high producing cows - may be buffered to maintain a desirable rumen pH. The most common buffering agent for this is...
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Mud - water - and manure
Integrated pest management
Sodium Bicarbonate

13. In regards to dairy production RHA refers to...
Rolling Herd Average
To give birth
300 + degree
Mammals

14. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
16-18
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Hormones
40 degrees F

15. What is an anion?
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
No less than 60% moisture
A negatively charged ion
Feed

16. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Udder
40 gallons
Low blood levvels of ionized calcium
Neutral Detergent Fiber

17. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
Swollen hock
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
3.5-4.0
10 days

18. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?
Pulsator
Cystic
Neutral Detergent Fiber
62 to 65% moisture

19. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...
You S Animal Health Association
40 degrees F
100
Mixer box on a truck or trailer

20. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
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.
Mammals
Milking Shorthorn

21. What combines the Predicted Transmitting Ability for protein - fat - type and udder composite index and ranks the animal on its ability to transmit a balance of these four traits
Mud - water - and manure
Total Production Index
Ringworm
The bottom most part of the tail

22. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?
Twelve
After 200 days of lactation
Cheddar
Abomasum

23. EU
50 percent
Carbon Dioxide Gas
European Union
Clipping and singeing

24. Body condition scores form 1 to 5 are used to track herd health and nutrition. Dry cows should have a body score from...
3.5-4.0
Udder
Corpus Luteum
2:1

25. Protein is a combination of amino acids. The amino acids are unique among compounds involved in nutrition because they contaIn what element?
Digital Dermatitis
62 to 65% moisture
Between 28 to 30 days
Nitrogen

26. BFP
45-55
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Dairy Comp 305
Basic Formula Price

27. NSC
Left side of the body
Twelve
Mud - water - and manure
Nonstructural Carbohydrates

28. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
10 days
Disbudding
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Cation-Anion Difference

29. Which one of the following is the largest dairy milk marketing cooperative in the U.S.?
Extremely fat
282 days
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
Vibriosis

30. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which is known as and functions as the 'true' stomach is the...
Follicle stimulating hormone
70%
Vitamin A
Abomasum

31. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.

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32. Cattle grazing stressed on wilted hybrid sorghum/Johnson grass type pasture - may die as a result of ________________.
72
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Prussic acid poisoning
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

33. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
To give birth
Dished
Displaced abomasum
1957

34. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
Ringworm
85
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone

35. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
During the first pregnancy
Cheddar cheese
Clipping and singeing
Escherichia coli

36. FARAD
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Oxytocin
Brown Swiss
12-14 weeks

37. Many dairy bulls have their nose pierced with a ring in it. This allows for...
Black leg
Restraint and control of the animal
To give birth
Farm Service Agency

38. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
NAtional Research Council
Energy
Small Intestine
Symbiotic

39. When looking at DHI records - what do the letters RHA stand for?
5
To give birth
Rolling Herd Average
Premis ID

40. Where are degradable proteins broken down?
Rumen
Mud - water - and manure
Calories
Holstein

41. How many chromosomes does the nucleus of each reproductive cell have in dairy cattle?
30
Guernsey
Leukocytes
9%

42. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
1
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
12-14 weeks
Pulsator

43. When can a heifer calf born twin to a bull be registered?
Four or more times
Faster
When it is proven that she will breed
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100

44. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing excess water?
Large intestines
Water
Leukocytes
Faster

45. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
Blind quarter
Two
Flank
Feed

46. How many grams of lactose are in an 8 oz. glass of milk?
10
Guernsey and Jersey
Methane
XY

47. What is a cation?
Extremely fat
A positively charged ion
62 to 65% moisture
24 hours

48. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Cheese
Hardware disease
Twelve
62 to 65% moisture

49. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
750000
80
Nitrogen excretion
Composting

50. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
40 gallons
Poor
Solids removal
5-9 years old