Unit 5 Flashcards
T or F?
A one cup serving of whole milk provides significant amounts of the daily dietary allowance for several nutrients.
True
A cow will only display the signs of heat for _____ hours on a 19 to 21 day cycle.
6-9
6-12
12-18
12-18
T or F?
Wisconsin became the largest milk producing state, California is second.
False
The top diary cow breed in the U.S. is:
Holstein
Angus
Jersey
Holstein
A cow must be pregnant within ____ of calving or the 13 month calving interval cannot be maintained.
85
125
115
100
115
Three methods of dairy waste disposal are:
Sewer, Lagoons, Composting
Lagoons, Composting, Separating Solids
Lagoons, Composting, Separating Solids
BST stands for:
Bovine Sugar
Bovine Somatotropin
Bovine Singular
Bovine Somatotropin
Producers receive information from ____ to help determine the best management tool available to the dairy producer.
NAAB
USDA
DCHA
DHI
DHI
(#4 Video) Recombinant means that it is made through _______.
bioassistance
general science
biotechnology
biotechnology
(#3 Video) Since 1970, more than _____ percent of all U.S. Dairy Farms have closed due to low milk prices and industry restructuring.
70
80
90
90
(#4 Video) T or F:
There is not a test for rBST in milk.
True
(#3 Video) What has Walmart done that is “getting rid” of the Coombs Family Farm?
Walmart is processing its own milk.
Walmart is producing its own milk.
Walmart is processing its own milk.
diary cows are bred and _________ year round
freshened
a bull that is an intact male but has undergone a penile deviation, removal, or vasectomy, to render him incapable of breeding
gomer
the secretion of milk by the mammary glands
lactation
dairy production began in the US after this war
civil
character traits passed from generation to generation
heritability
the largest milk producing state
California
naturally from the pituitary gland and can increase milk production
somatotropin
milk ________ declines over time, this is why an animal must be bred each year
production
good dairy cows should ______ every 13 months
calve
this breed makes up 95% of the dairy cows in the US
Holstein
type of cattle that produce about 20% of beef in the US
dairy
a common commercial brand of BST that increases milk production
Posilac
