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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. The milk produced on a dairy must be moved through a system of components and piping made from...
Progesterone
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Non-forage Carbohydrates
Stainless steel
2. What percent of crude protein should a calf starter be?
16-18
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
9 weeks
Commodity Credit Corporation
3. When a small metal object punctures the stomach wall and causes an infection - the resulting disease is called____________________.
Esophageal groove
Hardware disease
Stainless steel
Jersey
4. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Udder
Cheddar
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Brown Swiss
5. To the hundreth - how many pounds of milk are in a gallon?
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
8.62 pounds
Holstein
Methane
6. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
Hardware disease
Symbiotic
Magnesium
Zinc
7. The hormone ______________ stimulates milk let down and may be administered via injection - when necessary after parturition.
25-30
Oxytocin
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
During the first pregnancy
8. Coccidia infection can occur when calves are 4 to 8 weeks old. Coccidia causes...
Decreases - increases
9%
Guernsey
Enteritis
9. High potassium intake will decrease a cows ability to mobilize what?
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
Bone calcium
Calcium
Cryoscope
10. To dairymen - the most harmful disease impacting milk production and their economic bottom line is...
Citrate
Mastitis
Black leg
Retained placenta
11. Feeding proper rations during the summer is important for both cow comfort and maintaining milk production. Which nutrient is most important during the summer months?
The bottom most part of the tail
Water
Streptococus agalactae
Milk on Demand
12. After a bulk tank is washed and rinsed - beading of water droplets is a sign of _____.
Fat residue
Prussic acid poisoning
Administered via blood vessels
Pass from animals to humans and vice versa
13. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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14. Which trait is worth the most points according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
Disbudding
Administered via blood vessels
4 years
Udder
15. Manure digesters convert _______________ fuel into electricity.
Methane
A negatively charged ion
They may be bothersome to livestock and other animals
3.5-4.0
16. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Fat
Sodium
3 years
20
17. What are two methods for shortening udder hair?
Ringworm
Clipping and singeing
Holstein
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
18. What numerical value does a Holstein cow get when given the classification excellent?
Milking Shorthorn
Nonfat Dry Milk
90-100
35 to 40%
19. Manure management is a major concern for most modern - large-scale dairies. The newest management techniques being used involve...
Citrate
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Reproductive failure
Decreases - increases
20. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
To give birth
10%
Digital Dermatitis
30%
21. The breed of dairy cow generally credited with producing the highest % of both milk fat and protein is the...
Disbudding
Enteritis
Jersey
High % of water
22. The rumen of a mature cow will hold approximately...
Beta-carotene
NAtional Research Council
87%
40 gallons
23. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
Abomasum
Hardware disease
Attract the opposite sex
Parturtion
24. What percent of milk is water?
Zinc
Commodity Credit Corporation
87%
Energy
25. Rotary Parlors or Carousel milk barns have the advantage of being ________________ when compared to other type barns.
Faster
Solids removal
10%
Symbiotic
26. 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
Hardware disease
Total Production Index
10 days
Water
27. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Income over feed costs
Vitamin A
Two times
Progesterone
28. Where are structural carbohydrates found in the plant?
After 55 days
Lactose intolerance
In the cell wall
Solids removal
29. When does the greatest mammary tissue growth occur during a cow's life?
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
During the first pregnancy
Enteritis
25
30. Name the three common places Coliforms are found.
Escherichia coli
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Mud - water - and manure
12-14 weeks
31. Regarding feed formulation - What does CAD stand for?
Lactose intolerance
MyDairy
Clipping and singeing
Cation-Anion Difference
32. The hooks and pins on an animal relate most closely to the...
Rump
Premis ID
Roughage
Udder
33. What bacterium causes cattle tuberculosis (TB)?
Pulsator
Mycobacterium bovis
Jersey
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
34. New computerized robotic milk stations are becoming a reality today. They have different names but one common one is MOD system. MOD means...
Administered under the skin
20000000
Milk fever
Milk on Demand
35. One of the highest heritability traits for milk is...
% Protein
Rump
.39%
Fats
36. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
Displaced abomasum
Vitamin A
Manure handling procedures
Lactose intolerance
37. The dairy breed which produces the highest volume of milk is the...
1957
20 to 24
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Holstein
38. As a rule of thumb when milk production ________ - the milk fat content _______
Clipping and singeing
Decreases - increases
Transponders
Mammals
39. NAFTA
282 days
North American Free Trade Agreement
300 + degree
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
40. Corn silage stored in sealed upright silos should be ensiled at what moisture?
Milk on Demand
Administered via blood vessels
No less than 60% moisture
Reproductive failure
41. Dairy cattle have a ________ field of vision to their front
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
To add a concentrated form of energy
300 + degree
2:1
42. Milk traits - i.e. fat - protein - SNF and etc. - tend to have a heritability of about...
Brucellosis
20-30%
Lignin
International Dairy Foods Associactions
43. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
GTPI
North American Free Trade Agreement
Ringworm
Holstein
44. Dairy heifers need to bred at ________ of age assuming they are at least 65% of their adult weight at that time.
% Degradable proteins
Roughage
15 months
20 to 24
45. How much more energy do fats contain per unit the carbohydrates and proteins?
Feed
2.25
50-70
To give birth
46. At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation?
Between 14 and 35 days
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Rumen
Two
47. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Dished
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
300 + degree
48. A ____________ is usually necessary when feeding Dairy Cows TMR rations.
Between 6.0 and 6.5
10%
Farm Service Agency
Mixer box on a truck or trailer
49. NRC
40 degrees F
NAtional Research Council
70%
45-55
50. The annual sale of dairy semen exceeds __________ straws.
20000000
In the cell wall
Vibriosis
Abomasum
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