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Dairy Cattle Basics
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1. 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?
Carbon Dioxide Gas
XY
To add a concentrated form of energy
Allowing them access to their new born calf for the 1st 30 days
2. 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
100%
PGF
Calories
3. What machine is used to determine if water has been added to milk?
18
Cryoscope
Between 6.0 and 6.5
Methane
4. What manure waste management puts solids in a bin and lets it degrade?
Plate chiller
Epinephrine
Composting
Relative Forage Value
5. For best results calves should be fed colostrum within ____ hours of calving...
3-6 minutes
6 hours
Copper sulfate
Jersey
6. Which hormone produced by the uterus causes regression of the corpus luteum?
20 to 24
Jersey
25
PGF
7. 'Thurl position' is a trait evaluated in the ________ category on the PDCA Unified Scorecard?
Oxytocin
35 to 40%
Rear feet and legs
When it is proven that she will breed
8. _________ is a compound that is fermented for flavor in buttermilk and sour cream.
Citrate
Hardware disease
1
Feed
9. Milk sugars are not very soluble. Some people have difficulty hydrolyzing them in their bodies. This problem is called _________________.
To add a concentrated form of energy
Copper
Lactose intolerance
Total Mixed Ration
10. 'Weaver Syndrome' is most often found in the _______________dairy breed?
Brown Swiss
Sodium
Twelve
NAtional Research Council
11. Jersey cattle are characterized by having a ______________ face...
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
60 days
Rumen
Dished
12. How did parallels perform when compared to herringbones?
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Parallels out performed herringbones by nearly 8%
The cows leave the milkers via an alley wide enough to allow 2 or more cows side by side
2.25
13. What are structural carbohydrates made of?
% Protein
Cellulose - hemicellulose - and lignin
Abortion
14 days
14. Which of the compartments of a cow's four-compartment stomach acts as the true stomach?
16-18
Abomasum
Direct Microscopic Counts
Sickle hocked
15. Each animal inherits certain genes from both parents. What percentage of genes does a calf receive from its sire?
Reproductive failure
50 percent
Displaced abomasum
Black leg
16. After insemination - how long do sperm live in the cow's reproductive tract?
Vibriosis
European Union
Inguinal
24 hours
17. When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5 - What does a score of 5 mean?
Extremely fat
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
Pasteurizing system
National Milk Producers Federation
18. Which dairy breed has a restriction for disallowing black markings?
Abomasum
282 days
Milking Shorthorn
Lactation records have been adjusted to the same milk fat percentage
19. A Babcock test may be used to measure the __________ % of milk.
Attract the opposite sex
Fat
Udder
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
20. A perfect score for a cow according to the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card is...
100
Jersey
Rumen
Alfalfa and Clover
21. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
90-100
Income over feed costs
282 days
2000's
22. In reference to reproduction - What does CL stand for?
Sole
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Corpus Luteum
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
23. To maintain margins - you should be monitoring and making decisions based on your herd's IOFC. What do the initials IOFC stand for?
A national dairy farmer-funded program that is used to help stabilize milk prices
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Income over feed costs
Enteritis
24. USAHA
Recessive
You S Animal Health Association
Drug residue
50-80%
25. A cow's gestation period is _______ long?
282 days
Enteritis
To add a concentrated form of energy
Holstein
26. Which part of an animal touches the ground if he/she is walking on a correct set of feet and legs?
No less than 60% moisture
Laminitis
Sole
305 days
27. A free martin is considered a...
The influence of the sire of the cow on calving ease
Lignin
Sterile heifer born twin to a bull
Oxytocin
28. Cheddar cheese accounts for ____ % of American type cheeses made in the U.S.
The bacteria Escherichia Coli
80
Niacin
5-9 years old
29. Normal body temperature for a dairy cow is _____________.
Magnesium
101.5 degrees F
Holstein
Copper
30. Which system of the cow's body is most affected by paratuberculosis?
After 200 days of lactation
Digestive
40 degrees F
35 to 40%
31. What is the USDA's AIPL?
Solids removal
90-100
62 to 65% moisture
Animal Improvement Program Lab
32. A mutation where a calf is born with a single toe on one or more feet is called...
101.5 degrees F
Mule-foot
After each use
Mycotoxins
33. What is the name of the term for a farm's unique identification number that is part of the National Animal Identification System?
Cheese
Premis ID
Parathyroid gland
Lignin
34. If a dairy bull has been genetically tested to determine his genomic make-up - this will be indicated on his pedigree by what letters?
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Loin and chine
GTPI
Nonfat Dry Milk
35. The top most part of a cow's head is called the...
Body weight
Brown Swiss
Poll
North American Free Trade Agreement
36. The portion of the ruminant digestive system which consists of many folds of tissue is the...
The initiation of milk secretion
24
Omasum
Lignin
37. What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy?
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
Fats
Bovine Somatotropin
Carbon Dioxide Gas
38. What is the sex chromosome configuration of a male calf?
24
Percentage of Difficult Births in Heifers
XY
Guernsey
39. Colostrum has approximately _____ calcium - as does regular milk.
400‐500 gallons
Total Digestible Nutrients
Two times
Holstein
40. What is a nonfunctional mammary gland called?
Blind quarter
Rumen
35 to 40%
Parturtion
41. NFDM
Nonfat Dry Milk
Mycotoxins
Nitrogen excretion
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.
42. On the PDCA Unified Dairy Score Card - the category 'feet and legs' accounts for how many points?
Collecting the methane gas being produced and using it as an energy source on the dairy
Jersey
20
Vitamin A
43. 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
3-6 minutes
Energy
Zinc
Total Production Index
44. What breed is known to produce milk over a greater number of years than all other breeds?
Brown Swiss
In the cell wall
After 55 days
70% moisture
45. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association - the preferred method of dehorning young calves is_________.
Blind quarter
Disbudding
Small Intestine
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
46. Which of the following is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
Escherichia coli
Small intestine
Enteritis
Cheddar
47. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?
Black leg
The initiation of milk secretion
Digestive
Abortion
48. When is the best time to feed anionic salts to dairy cows?
Carbon Dioxide Gas
40 degrees F
Two weeks prior to calving
Hardware disease
49. Foot Rot is scientifically known as what?
9%
70%
Interdigital phlegmon
Holstein
50. What are the four composite indexes calculated by the Holstein Association?
305 days
Udder - feet and legs - body form - & dairy character
Urea
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