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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
Manure handling procedures
Large Plastic Bags
70% moisture
Follicle stimulating hormone
2. Rumen bacteria enable dairy cattle to utilize which feed supplement?
Escherichia coli
Side by side (head out)
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Urea
3. What is a TMR to a dairy person?
Total Mixed Ration
6 hours
Jersey
Modified Live Virus
4. What female hormone causes follicles to begin to develop?
Back flushing
To add a concentrated form of energy
Follicle stimulating hormone
Solids removal
5. EU
Rump
European Union
62 to 65% moisture
Udder
6. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
24
Composting
Negative net energy balance
7. The portion of the milker unit that first receives the milk as it is withdrawn from the cow is the...
Claw
Brown Swiss
Brown Swiss
30%
8. Dairy Management Inc. introduced the _______ social media program for dairy advocates?
Pastuerized Milk Ordinance
Pulsator
Prevent ingested metal objects from interfering with the digestive tract or the respiratory system
MyDairy
9. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Parturient paresis
18
After 55 days
Urea
10. Cows produce pheromones which...
Escherichia coli
GTPI
Restraint and control of the animal
Attract the opposite sex
11. Which dairy breed's milk is golden-yellow in color?
Guernsey
Brucellosis
Premis ID
Water
12. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
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.
20
Chine
Milking Shorthorn
13. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?
20-30%
PH 4.6
Pink eye
18
14. What is the approximate time of ovulation in cattle after the beginning of heat?
Oxytocin
70% moisture
30 hours
Decreases - increases
15. When referring to milk test used at the processing plant - What is a DMC?
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Direct Microscopic Counts
Sire conception rate
16. How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day?
25 gallons
Epinephrine
85
16-18
17. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Jersey
14 days
Post-synch
GTPI
18. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Jersey
It has a lower vacuum requirement
Brown Swiss
The initiation of milk secretion
19. Blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called...
Holstein
5
Duodenum
Arteries
20. Colostrum given to a baby calf more than ____________hours old is NOT absorbed and thus does little good.
Cheddar
16-18
Rear feet and legs
24
21. Many dairymen 'dock' the tail on their cows much to the chagrin of Animals Rights groups. They believe This is necessary to...
Beta-carotene
Reduce the incidence of mastitis
A positively charged ion
Citrate
22. What is the average production lifetime of a dairy cow?
3 years
Holstein
Abomasum
Mastitis
23. What percent of milk is water?
9 weeks
87%
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
50-80%
24. When a cow comes into heat every few days - she is referred to as?
Poor
400‐500 gallons
Cystic
Rear feet and legs
25. When comparing bulls for artificial insemination - What does 'SCR' stand for?
24 hours
Sire conception rate
Transponders
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
26. In cows - salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within __________.
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
Back flushing
10 days
Streptococus agalactae
27. Parallel milk barns typically have several cows on each side. The cows are arranged in a ____________ fashion in this barn.
Side by side (head out)
Milking Shorthorn
30%
Jersey
28. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Direct Microscopic Counts
Sodium Bicarbonate
Inguinal
Between 28 to 30 days
29. Milk with over_____________ somatic cell count cannot legally be shipped in the United States?
Basic Formula Price
30
Holstein
750000
30. Why is fat added to dairy rations?
4 years
To add a concentrated form of energy
50-80%
Direct Microscopic Counts
31. Alfalfa is an example of ___ in a dairy ration.
Cystic
The bottom most part of the tail
Roughage
Lignin
32. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
25-30
Two weeks prior to calving
Integrated pest management
Prussic acid poisoning
33. Fumonsin and zearalenone are examples of...
Mycotoxins
Holstein
A minimum of every 6 months
20
34. Which body part is located more towards the front of the animal?
% Protein
Displaced abomasum
Flank
Plate chiller
35. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
45-55
3-6 minutes
Water
80
36. 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 ____
Beta-carotene
A positively charged ion
Large Plastic Bags
Clipping and singeing
37. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'dairy strength' accounts for how many points?
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
Alfalfa and Clover
Large Plastic Bags
25
38. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
Abortion
3.5-4.0
Parturient paresis
39. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...
Relative Forage Value
Nonstructural Carbohydrates
Roughage
Zinc
40. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Hardware disease
Nitrogen excretion
Brown Swiss
Non-forage Carbohydrates
41. 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
300 + degree
A positively charged ion
100%
42. What percent of milk is water?
Carbon
15 months
87%
Parturtion
43. In dairy cows - What is the name of the disease caused by the organisms Staph Aureus - Strep Uberis - and Klebsiella?
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Mastitis
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
Milk fever
44. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?
15 months
75%
Cheddar
Cation-Anion Difference
45. The most common pathogen found in raw milk is...
Escherichia coli
Clipping and singeing
3.5-4.0
50-70
46. Coccidia infection can occur when calves are 4 to 8 weeks old. Coccidia causes...
Enteritis
Silage
Pasteurizing system
Premis ID
47. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a water soluble-vitamin?
Vitamin A
Attract the opposite sex
Udder
75%
48. Limber leg is found most often in the ____________ dairy breed?
3-6 minutes
Symbiotic
Attract the opposite sex
Jersey
49. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
Mud - water - and manure
5
Pulsator
Total Digestible Nutrients
50. Dairy cows need roughage to concentrate ratio of approximately ______________ to maintain the desired fat content in the milk.
Attract the opposite sex
A negatively charged ion
40/60
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
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