1. What is another name for Vitamin C?
Ascorbic Acid
2. What is the organ that produces cows milk called?
Udder Dairy Sample Questions from “Animals In Pursuit”
3. What type of bedding is recommended for groups of calves?
Straw, corn cobs, sawdust, chopped corn stalks, shavings
4. What are two important sire selection tools?
Predicted Difference and repeatability
5. What are the tiny cells in a cows udder called?
Alveoli or Alveolus
6. Urea should not be fed to a calf until it is how old?
3-4 months old
7. What are two types of culling in a dairy herd?
Forced culling (health) and choice culling (dairyman chooses)
8. What piece of equipment may be used to trip a cows hooves?
Hoof trimmer, nipper, hoof knife, chisel and mallet
10. Milk that has all the water removed is called what?
Powdered milk or dry milk
12. What is the advantage of blending colostrums from different cows?
Provides wider range of antibodies to the calf
Purebred Dairy Cattle Association
16. What are the two parts of a cows hoof?
Sole, heel and claw
17. What is the weight of a newborn calf?
70-100 pounds
20. What are the names of two kinds of cheese?
Blue, brick, cheddar, cottage, limburger, Monterey, mozzarella, muenster, provolone, swiss
22. What is a gestation period?
The time between conception (mating) and parturition (giving birth)
23. What is a good source of carotene to provide Vitamin A to cattle?
Green leafy grass and yellow corn
24. How early should a calf receive colostrums?
The sooner the better. Within 30 minutes after the calf is born. Dairy Sample Questions from “Animals In Pursuit”
25. What is the name of one of the 4 compartments of a ruminants stomach?
Rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum
29. What are the physical characteristics of a quality fore udder in a dairy cow?
Strongly and smoothly attached, moderate length and uniform width from front to rear
34. What is one of the two major reasons a cow would be forced culled?
Poor reproduction or mastitis
