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Dairying Practice Test: The Dairy Farm
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Dairying Practice Test: The Dairy Farm
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1. What is the expected daily weight gain of a Holstein heifer calf from 200-800 pounds?
2. Colostrum has a higher percentage of what nutrients than normal milk?
3. On the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card, what is not the part of the four divisions?
4. What is the process called when a calf is switched from milk or milk replaced to water and dry feed?
5. What role does fiber have in the calf starter ration?
6. What is a dairy animal called which has parents or ancestors of different breeds?
7. What’s the major reason a cow may be culled by choice?
8. How many points are given to General Appearance on the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
9. What do the letters DHIA stand for?
10. What is an example of a non protein nitrogen (NPN) used as a protein source in dairy feeds?
11. When the judge is observing the left side of the dairy cow, where should the exhibitor be positioned?
12. What are two pieces of information not kept in the Herd Book kept by the breed association?
13. Name a defect when judging a class of dairy cows which is a disqualification?
14. Oral reasons should not be longer than how many minutes?
15. What dairy product is made by heating milk along with a substance called rennet?
16. How early should a calf receive colostrums?
17. What is the reproduction cells from the two parents called?
18. In relation to the grain of the hair, which direction should the tail be clipped?
19. What are dairy animals that are officially recorded in the breed association herd book called?
20. How many points are given for body capacity on the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?
21. Urea should not be fed to a calf until it is how old?
22. What percent of a calf’s weight should it receive in colostrum the first 3 days?
23. What is the advantage of blending colostrums from different cows?
24. What is a sign that a heifer is coming into heat?
25. What form of milk is made by the churning of whipping cream?