Dairy Farm Test – 2

1. What is the process called when a calf is switched from milk or milk replaced to water and dry feed?

2. How many points are given to General Appearance on the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card?

3. Before entering the show ring, what is a question that the exhibitor should be prepared to answer about the animals?
I. Birth date and sire
II. Dam and breeding rate
III. Date use to calve
IV. Age

4. What percent of a calf’s weight should it receive in colostrum the first 3 days?

5. In relation to the grain of the hair, which direction should the tail be clipped?

6. What form of milk is made by the churning of whipping cream?

7. What is the condition in which large amounts of gas are trapped in a calf’s stomach and the stomach gets big?

8. Most of what ingredient is removed from skim milk?

9. What are two pieces of information not kept in the Herd Book kept by the breed association?

10. What is the official record of registered animals of a breed kept by the breed association called?

11. What type of soap should be avoided when washing a dairy cow?

12. Milk that has all the water removed is called what?

13. What is the expected daily weight gain of a Holstein heifer calf from 200-800 pounds?

14. What are dairy animals that are officially recorded in the breed association herd book called?

15. The back of a dairy cow is made up of what two parts?