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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Mycotoxins
Brown Swiss
75-79.9
Swollen hock
2. What percent moisture should corn silage be chopped at when stored in horizontal bunker silos or bags?
20
Small intestine
70% moisture
14 days
3. Many dairies place bands on their cows necks or feet - with black boxes containing electronic I.D. - production - management information. These units are called...
Transponders
Holstein
Hormones
Intravenous injection of calcium gluconate
4. NFO
Epinephrine
Holstein
Very good
National Farmers Organization
5. Pest Predators will travel up to ____ yards to find their food source (fly pupae).
Abomasum
80
Sole
North American Free Trade Agreement
6. What does the term freshen mean in relation the dairy production?
Premis ID
75%
Manure handling procedures
To give birth
7. One ejaculation from a bull typically contains _________________ sperm
High-producing pregnant cows
5000000
90-100
14 days
8. What percent of the cows feed intake is consumed during the daylight hours?
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Rump
70%
To give birth
9. Generally - high-producing Holsteins eat ___________ pounds of dry matter per day?
45-55
Copper sulfate
70%
Rear feet and legs
10. Which mineral is found in high concentrations in soft tissues such as the pancreas - liver - and kidney?
Cheese
Claw
It is not necessary to supplement the intake of Vitamin B complex
Zinc
11. Dairy cattle where first successfully cloned in the_______________.
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12. What is the classification for a Holstein cow given the numerical value of less than 70?
Poor
Arteries
400‐500 gallons
Zinc
13. What manure waste management method runs manure across a press and squeezes the water out?
Blind quarter
Heat detection and conception rates
Solids removal
9%
14. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
20
Parturtion
Potassium
A minimum of every 6 months
15. Cows have _____ streak canals per teat.
Cows Milk production this month divided by production last month X 100
Poor
Mastitis
1
16. The source of rennet (a substance used in cheese making) is...
Direct Microscopic Counts
1957
Total Production Index
The abomasums of a milk fed calf
17. The only aspect of milk quality that can be completely controlled on the farm is ______________.
Drug residue
Abortion
Administered in the muscle
3.0
18. 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
Symbiotic
87%
Total Production Index
Rumen
19. What stomach compartments are not developed in a newborn calf?
10 days
Rumen and reticulum
A negatively charged ion
18
20. Some Texas dairymen are placing Bermuda and/or corn forage into ______________ for fermentation and silage production.
Income over feed costs
Large Plastic Bags
After 55 days
Integrated pest management
21. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?
Prussic acid poisoning
Holstein
Increase - 5
Fats
22. Almost 95% of the dairy cows in the U.S. are...
Copper sulfate
3 years
Extremely fat
Holstein
23. What is a common name for infectious kerato conjunctivitis?
Feed
Pink eye
Alfalfa and Clover
Beta-carotene
24. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
Brown Swiss
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Fat
300 + degree
25. CCC
50-70
Bangs
Decreases - increases
Commodity Credit Corporation
26. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Body weight
Recessive
Disbudding
Parturient paresis
27. How is a dairy's RHA calculated?
20 to 24
After each use
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.
101.5 degrees F
28. How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound?
Mule-foot
Jersey
Between 28 to 30 days
Brown Swiss
29. The _____________is the device responsible for regulating both the vacuum level and the proportion of the vacuum for the front and rear quarters
Twice/day
Integrated pest management
Front feet toward rear of the cow with head - nose first - between them
Pulsator
30. In what year did the Holstein Association start its program of recording carriers of Undesirable Recessive Traits?
5
1957
3 years
3-6 minutes
31. IDFA
Roughage
International Dairy Foods Associactions
Left side of the body
Hormones
32. 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?
Fats
30
A negatively charged ion
Duodenum
33. Feeding bulky feeds during the dry period and gradually bringing fresh cows back on grain are ways to prevent...
Composting
Total Production Index
Displaced abomasum
100
34. Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate...
Two weeks prior to calving
Plant starch - pectin - and sugar
Body weight
Symbiotic
35. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?
Citrate
Small Intestine
Symbiotic
2000's
36. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?
PGF
Holstein
60 days
Leukocytes
37. Nutritionists have developed a test to compare one alfalfa sample to another - determining the RFV of each. RFV stands for...
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Relative Forage Value
Pink eye
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
38. At what isoelectric point (point at which proteins have net zero charge) do caseins precipitate?
70%
1957
PH 4.6
Subclinical
39. Dairy herds have historically used artificial insemination. Currently approximately ____________% of all dairy pregnancies results from A.I.
High % of water
A negatively charged ion
85
Brown Swiss
40. Cows treated with BST typically show an increase in milk production of...
Follicle stimulating hormone
10%
Citrate
A negatively charged ion
41. Cows produce pheromones which...
During the first pregnancy
Attract the opposite sex
Cheddar
Animal Improvement Program Lab
42. Milk fever is also (scientifically) known as what?
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
5-9 years old
Parturient paresis
50-80%
43. Most dairies in Texas are considered to be CAFO's. A CAFO is...
Lactose intolerance
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
87%
National Farmers Organization
44. The two main problems that effect reproduction are...
24 hours
30
Administered under the skin
Heat detection and conception rates
45. If there are large numbers of flies around the dairy barn - what should be the first thing to be examined in an attempt to solve the fly problem?
Faster
Ringworm
80
Manure handling procedures
46. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
Bovine Somatotropin
During the first pregnancy
Two times
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
47. Which part of an animal touches the ground if he/she is walking on a correct set of feet and legs?
Rear feet and legs
Fat
A positively charged ion
Sole
48. What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis?
Nitrogen excretion
25%
2:1
45-55
49. The medical name tarsal hygroma - a commonaliment of dairy cows is commonly called...
5
16-18
Swollen hock
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
50. What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen?
A negatively charged ion
Holstein
Propionic acid
When it is proven that she will breed