Previous INT Dairy Bowl Contest Questions 2012 Flashcards
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Name the hormone that maintains pregnancy.
progesterone
List 3 causes of scours.
overcrowding, overfeeding, unsanitary calving conditions, inadequate colostrum, poor quality milk replacer, poor quality colostrum, inadequate ventilation
How can you prevent Johannes disease?
prevent newborn calves and young animals from ingesting manure from adults through feed, water, environment or dam; calving areas clean and dry, free of manure, well bedded; remove calf from dam immediately after birth; do use same equipment to clean manure and to load feed; do not walk in feed bunks; sell at birth all calves from positive test cows; do ot allow positive test cows to calve; identify & remove infected cows alond with their manure
What is the difference between sterility and infertility?
sterility describes and animal that cannot produce while infertility describes and animal that is neither normally fertile nor totally sterile
Name 3 macrominerals.
calcium, chlorine, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulfur
What is a metabolic disorder?
a condition which occurs when problems occur in any metabolic function of the body
What is the formula to calculate breeding value?
Sire’s transmitting ability + dam’s tansmitting ability
Dairy cattle have how many chromosome pairs?
30
When is a bullproof is available?
3-5 years after semen distributed
What is one of the frequent causes of antibiotics in milk?
masititis
What is a CAFO? What do the letter stand for?
concentrated animal feeding operation
Name 2 elements found in protein.
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
What fast food chain uses the most milk?
McDonald’s
What would disqualify you/your animal from a dairy cattle show?
blid quarter, freemartin heifer, permanent lameness, total blindness, tampering to concela faults
What is the milk process called that heats milk?
pasteurization
Name 2 external parasites.
lice, ticks, flies, mites
What vitamin is essential for strong, healthy bones and teeth?
Vitamin D
Give 3 methods to reduce soil erosion.
contour cropping, cover crop, grass waterways, reduced tillage, soil seeding, strip cropping, terracing, wind breaks
Name the 2 main functions of the ovary.
poduce ova; secrete hormones
What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?
genotype is the genetic makeup of the animal; phenotype is the observed trait of an individual that results from the genotype
Explain the difference between mobidity and mortality?
morbidity is the nimber of sick animals while mortality is the number of dead animals
Where is a weight tape placed?
around the body, behind the shoulders
Describe the correlation between age and milk consumption.
as age INCREASES then milk consumption DECREASES
Cheese and nonfat milk are traded where?
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
