CDE-Dairy Cattle Questions and Answers
What does NMPF stand for?
National Milk Producers Federation
What does NFO stand for?
National Farmers Organization
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What is the BFP?
Basic Formula Price
What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matte...
CDE-Dairy Cattle Questions and
Answers
What does NMPF stand for? - answer National Milk Producers Federation
What does NFO stand for? - answer National Farmers Organization
What is the BFP? - answer Basic Formula Price
What percentage of whole milk is fat when compared on a dry matter basis? - answer
About 25 percent
In a study of milk parlors conducted by researchers at the University of Florida, how did
parallels perform when compared to herringbones? - answer Parallels out performed
herringbones by nearly 8 percent
What is GATT? - answer General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
What does NFDM stand for? - answer Nonfat Dry Milk
What is CCC? - answer Commodity Credit Corporation
What is the USDEC? - answer United States Dairy Export Council
When using a body condition scoring system of 1 to 5, what does a score of 5 mean? -
answer Extremely fat
What is the FAS? - answer Foreign Agricultural Service
What are ways to avoid milk fever in cows? - answer Both a and b
A. Feed low-potassium hay and/or silage to dry cows
B. Adding anionic salts to the dry cow ration
What should the pH of a "close up" Holstein's urine be? - answer Between 6.0 and
6.5
When feeding close-up cows a calcium deficient diet, which gland is stimulated? -
answer Parathyroid gland
What is intravenous injection? - answer It is administered via the blood vessels
What is intra muscular injection? - answer It is administered in the muscle
,What is subcutaneous injection? - answer It is administered under the skin
Regarding feed formulation, what does CAD stand for? - answer Cation-Anion
Difference
What is a cation? - answer A positively charged ion
What is an anion? - answer A negatively charged ion
What is NAFTA? - answer North American Free Trade Agreement
What is the USAHA? - answer U.S. Animal Health Association
What is the USDA's AIPL? - answer Animal Improvement Program Lab
How many days into a pregnancy can a fetus be sexed by ultrasound? - answer
After 55 days
What is another term for the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen, near the groin? -
answer Inguinal
How many days after breeding can a pregnancy be detected by ultrasound? - answer
Between 28 to 30 days
At how many days can pregnancy be detected by palpation? - answer Between 14
and 35 days
On average, how many weeks after freshening does a cow's dry matter intake peak? -
answer 12-14 weeks
What is the accepted standard length for a location record in dairy cattle? - answer
305 days
Heart girth measurements of cows may be used to estimate: - answer Body weight
In regards to pedigrees, what is RHA? - answer Registered Holstein Ancestry
Milk should be below what temperature before it is transferred to a milk truck? - answer
40 degrees F
When referring to milk test used at the processing plant, what is a DMC? - answer
Direct Microscopic Counts
How much water can a lactating cow consume in one day? - answer 25 gallons
What percent of milk is water? - answer 87 percent
, What units are used to measure energy? - answer Calories
What ration ingredients contain the highest concentration of energy? - answer Fats
When evaluating dairy rations what do the letters NE stand for? - answer Net Energy
When evaluating a dairy ration, what do the letters TDN stand for? - answer Total
Digestible Nutrients
What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates? - answer 75 percent
Where are the structural carbohydrates found in the plant? - answer In the cell wall
What are structural carbohydrates made of? - answer Cellulose, hemicellulose, and
lignin
What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share? -
answer Symbiotic
What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than
younger plants? - answer Lignin
What does NSC stand for? - answer Nonstructural Carbohydrates
What do nonstructural carbohydrates consist of? - answer Plant starch, Pectin, and
Sugar
What acid is formed when nonstructural carbohydrates are digested in the rumen? -
answer Propionic acid
How much more energy do fats contain per unit than carbohydrates and proteins? -
answer 2.25
Which cows have higher protein requirements? - answer High-producing pregnant
cows
Where are degradable proteins broken down? - answer Rumen
Where are non-degradable proteins absorbed? - answer Small Intestine
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? - answer Manure handling
procedures
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