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Dairy Cattle Basics

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1. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?






2. What hormone is responsible for maintaining pregnancy?






3. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?






4. Proponents of global warming having accused cows of being a major factor. This is due to their release of...






5. Dairy cattle frequently develop milk fever shortly after calving. They become immobile - comatose - and may die without treatment. The treatment typically involves...






6. Approximately how many gallons of blood pass through the udder for each gallon of milk produced?






7. Which reproductive condition results when the fetal membranes remain within the uterus for an extended period following parturition?






8. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.






9. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?






10. The circulatory system of a dairy cow is very important to milk production. A dairy cow must circulate about _________ of blood for each pound of milk produced.






11. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?






12. Which one of the following is the name of the part of the cow's back that lies between the withers and the loin?






13. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?






14. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...






15. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?






16. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters






17. Dairy Farmers frequently place a stomach magnet into their cows to...






18. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?






19. BST is the acronym for what compound?






20. EU






21. Which major dairy breed association was the first to use computers to maintain breed registry records?






22. Cow comfort has been linked to milk production in numerous research studies. Not an example of a way to improve cow comfort used by dairymen?






23. What are the two types of ovarian cysts?






24. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?






25. An average Holstein cow should give _______ pounds per day for each lactation.






26. Young dairy calves frequently suffer and may die due to scours. The chief cause of deadly scours at this age is...






27. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.






28. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?






29. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?






30. What pathway in youg calves direct milk into the abomasum - bypassing the rumen - reticulum - and omasum?






31. Mule-foot is found most often in ___________dairy breed?






32. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?






33. The rear quarters produce __________% of the daily milk yield.






34. Fear can disrupt milk letdown in a cow. The hormone released that causes this disruption is...






35. What is the most essential nutrient in animal feeding animals and maintaining health?






36. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.






37. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?






38. The CWT programs stands for Cooperatives Working Together. Which of the following describes the function of this program?






39. Which dairy breed originated in the central part of the European continent?






40. A rolling herd average (RHA) is based on how many months?






41. 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.






42. Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?






43. The condition in which the cow is giving more milk than nutrients that she is consuming in feed is called...






44. When examining feed rations - what do the letters NDF stand for?






45. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.






46. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...






47. When evaluating a dairy ration - what do the letters TDN stand for?






48. If the heat detection rate is 30% and the conception rate is 30% - What is the pregnancy rate?






49. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...






50. 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 ____







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