2014 INT Exam Questions

Question 1

The external pudic artery is the major artery supplying blood to what organ?

Answer 1

udder

Question 2

What is the primary use for bovine somatotropin in dairy cows?

Answer 2

increase milk production

Question 3

What are the building blocks of fats and lipids?

Answer 3

fatty acids

Question 4

What are the two most limiting amino acids in dairy cattle nutrition?

Answer 4

lysine and methionine

Question 5

What part of the digestive tract follows the omasum?

Answer 5

abomasum

Question 6

The esophagus connects what two organs together?

Answer 6

mouth to rumen

Question 7

The process of joining an ovum and a sperm is known as what?

Answer 7

fertilization

Question 8

What is the common name of the milk sugar, which gives milk its sweet flavor?

Answer 8

lactose

Question 9

What is the first milk produced by the cow after calving?

Answer 9

colostrum

Question 10

What are the two main reasons to add molasses to a dairy ration?

Answer 10

improve taste and reduce dustiness

Question 11

What is the biggest danger of over milking?

Answer 11

damage to teat end and mastitis

Question 12

What is the process that heats milk in order to kill bacteria?

Answer 12

pasteurization

Question 13

U.S. Grade AA is a rating found on what food product?

Answer 13

butter

Question 14

What nutrient comprises 75 percent of a cow by weight?

Answer 14

water

Question 15

What do you call the instrument used to give a heifer or cow a pill?

Answer 15

balling gun

Question 16

What is the common name for parturient paresis?

Answer 16

milk fever

Question 17

What is the more common name for ruminal tympany?

Answer 17

bloat

Question 18

What hormone is found in CIDR vaginal inserts?

Answer 18

progesterone

Question 19

What does CP stand for relative to nutrition?

Answer 19

crude protein

Question 20

Fans should be run continuously once temperatures reach what degree Fahrenheit?

Answer 20

70 degrees

Question 21

What is a nematode?

Answer 21

roundworm, type of intestinal parasite, often found in birds and animals

Question 22

In which of the six major dairy breeds is white or off-color spotting considered objectionable?

Answer 22

Brown Swiss

Question 23

A dairy cow’s weight can be evaluated using a body condition scoring system, what are the highest and lowest numbers a cow can receive and what would each of these numbers mean?

Answer 23

low score of 1 - emaciated (skinny) severe under conditioning, high score 5 - excessively fat, severe over conditioning

Question 24

What part of the cow’s anatomy can be affected by laminitis?

Answer 24

hoof

Question 25

What are the two main gases produced in the rumen?

Answer 25

carbon dioxide and methane

Question 26

In what organ does gluconeogensis take place?

Answer 26

liver

Question 27

How many chromosome pairs does a dairy cow have?

Answer 27

30 pairs

Question 28

What is the name of the 18-carbon fatty acid present in milk, particularly from cows grazing on pasture, which has been found to have cancer prevention effects?

Answer 28

conjugated linoleic (CLA)

Question 29

Acidosis typically affects which chamber of the cow’s stomach?

Answer 29

rumen

Question 30

What does PMO stand for?

Answer 30

pasteurized milk ordinance

Question 31

When making cheese, what is the liquid portion called?

Answer 31

whey

Question 32

How much saliva does a cow produce in one day?

Answer 32

50-80 quarts

Question 33

What is the process by which the first few streams of milk are removed from the teat prior to milking?

Answer 33

forestripping

Question 34

If 2 black & White cows are mated that are BOTH carriers of the red gene, what percentage of the offspring will be black & white and NOT be a carrier of the red gene?

Answer 34

25%

Question 35

What is the term for an animal that never grows horns because of its genetic makeup?

Answer 35

polled

Question 36

Blackleg is found in what two species?

Answer 36

cattle and sheep

Question 37

The rumen makes up what percentage of the newborn calf’s stomach?

Answer 37

25%

Question 38

What part of the male reproductive system serves as the storehouse where millions of sperm mature?

Answer 38

epididymus

Question 39

What is a protein that acts as a catalyst in starting or speeding up specific chemical reactions?

Answer 39

enzyme

Question 40

In what organ does the fetus develop?

Answer 40

uterus

Question 41

The belching of gas, also knowns as eructation, is a natural way for ruminanats to release what?

Answer 41

gases (produced during fermentation)

Question 42

COmpare morbidity rate and mortality rate.

Answer 42

morbidity rate - number of sick cows, ortality rate - number of dead animals

Question 43

Subcutaneous abdominal veins are commonly called what?

Answer 43

milk veins

Question 44

Name two ways a cow loses water.

Answer 44

breathing, feces, milk, sweat, urine