Previous INT Dairy Bowl Contest Questions 2012

Question 1

Name the hormone that maintains pregnancy.

Answer 1

progesterone

Question 2

List 3 causes of scours.

Answer 2

overcrowding, overfeeding, unsanitary calving conditions, inadequate colostrum, poor quality milk replacer, poor quality colostrum, inadequate ventilation

Question 3

How can you prevent Johannes disease?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What is the difference between sterility and infertility?

Answer 4

sterility describes and animal that cannot produce while infertility describes and animal that is neither normally fertile nor totally sterile

Question 5

Name 3 macrominerals.

Answer 5

calcium, chlorine, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulfur

Question 6

What is a metabolic disorder?

Answer 6

a condition which occurs when problems occur in any metabolic function of the body

Question 7

What is the formula to calculate breeding value?

Answer 7

Sire’s transmitting ability + dam’s tansmitting ability

Question 8

Dairy cattle have how many chromosome pairs?

Answer 8

30

Question 9

When is a bullproof is available?

Answer 9

3-5 years after semen distributed

Question 10

What is one of the frequent causes of antibiotics in milk?

Answer 10

masititis

Question 11

What is a CAFO? What do the letter stand for?

Answer 11

concentrated animal feeding operation

Question 12

Name 2 elements found in protein.

Answer 12

carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

Question 13

What fast food chain uses the most milk?

Answer 13

McDonald’s

Question 14

What would disqualify you/your animal from a dairy cattle show?

Answer 14

blid quarter, freemartin heifer, permanent lameness, total blindness, tampering to concela faults

Question 15

What is the milk process called that heats milk?

Answer 15

pasteurization

Question 16

Name 2 external parasites.

Answer 16

lice, ticks, flies, mites

Question 17

What vitamin is essential for strong, healthy bones and teeth?

Answer 17

Vitamin D

Question 18

Give 3 methods to reduce soil erosion.

Answer 18

contour cropping, cover crop, grass waterways, reduced tillage, soil seeding, strip cropping, terracing, wind breaks

Question 19

Name the 2 main functions of the ovary.

Answer 19

poduce ova; secrete hormones

Question 20

What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?

Answer 20

genotype is the genetic makeup of the animal; phenotype is the observed trait of an individual that results from the genotype

Question 21

Explain the difference between mobidity and mortality?

Answer 21

morbidity is the nimber of sick animals while mortality is the number of dead animals

Question 22

Where is a weight tape placed?

Answer 22

around the body, behind the shoulders

Question 23

Describe the correlation between age and milk consumption.

Answer 23

as age INCREASES then milk consumption DECREASES

Question 24

Cheese and nonfat milk are traded where?

Answer 24

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Question 25

List 2 valuable nutrients lost through silage seepage.

Answer 25

protein, minerals, organic acids, soluable sugars

Question 26

A farmer adminsiters medicine without a vet that is not recommended for the illness. Is this legal?

Answer 26

no extra-lable drug use is not legal

Question 27

Name the symptoms of ringworm and how you would treat it.

Answer 27

scaly patches on skin, hair loss; treat with anti-fungal cream

Question 28

The 305 milk production is highest in cows calving in what months?

Answer 28

November, December, January

Question 29

The first milk from the cow is called what?

Answer 29

colostrum

Question 30

Where are wattles located on a dairy goat?

Answer 30

under the neck on either side

Question 31

What is the cows first line of defense against mastitis?

Answer 31

teat canal

Question 32

What organ is repsosible for gluconeogensis?

Answer 32

liver

Question 33

What color is a colostrometer when it is reading high quality?

Answer 33

green - high quality/ red - low quality

Question 34

Which organ follows the omasum?

Answer 34

abomasum

Question 36

What term describes the movement of nitrates through soils to groundwater?

Answer 36

leeching

Question 37

What is the most important factor to consider when breeding a heifer?

Answer 37

body size

Question 38

What vitamin is necessary to maintain proper eyesight?

Answer 38

Vitamin A