Round 1

 

Team Questions

 

  1. The governing board of the American Dairy Science Association is made up of ten individuals.  Six individuals are directors.  One individual is the treasurer.  Name the other three voting positions on the governing board.

      Answer:

1.      President

2.      Vice President

3.      Immediate Past-President

 

2.      Name three major VFA’s produced in the rumen and used as energy sources by the cow.

Answer:

1.      Acetic acid

2.      Propionic acid

3.      Butyric acid

 

      3.  If heifers are adequately grown, what are four advantages to calving them at 24 months of age or earlier?

Answer:

1. More lifetime productivity

2. Lower rearing costs

3. Reduction in replacement herd size

4. Greater voluntary culling

5. Increased herd days in milk

6. More profitability

 

4. During the spring and summer of 2004, dairy farmers’ milk checks have reached historical high prices/cwt.  Name three factors that economists attribute to the price increase.

Answer:

      1. Smaller cattle inventories caused by low milk prices in 2002 & 2003 (farmers went out of business or restricted expansion)

      2. Canadian border closed to cattle imports because of BSE restrictions

      3. Reduction in BST inventories

      5. Higher feed costs

      6. Higher gasoline costs

 

5. Name four symptoms of Foot-And-Mouth Disease (FMD):

Answer:

1. Blisters, followed by lesions in the mouth or on the feet

      2. Excessive salivating

      3. Lameness

      4. Temperature rise

      5. Reduced feed intake because of lesions

      6. Radical decrease in milk production

 

 

Toss-Up Questions

 

  1. You have a 50 percent conception rate in your herd of 100 cows.  How many cows should conceive on first or second service?    

Answer: 75 Cows

 

  1. Fluorescent lights in dairy cases in stores are a primary cause of what cardboardy or papery off-flavor in milk?

Answer: Oxidized or oxidative rancidity

 

  1. What agricultural organization is abbreviated AFBF?

Answer: American Farm Bureau Federation

 

9.      Actinomyces necrophorus is an anaerobic bacteria which infects the foot.  What does it cause?    

Answer: Foot rot

 

  1. Trypsin inhibitors become a problem when large quantities of what feedstuff is fed?

Answer: (Raw) soybeans

 

  1. What dairy product results from the removal of 60% of the water from a mixture of milk and is a safe and suitable nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners such as sucrose?

      Answer: Sweetened Condensed Milk

 

  1. At what University was the American Dairy Science Association founded in 1906?

Answer: University of Illinois

 

  1. The oviducts have a funnel‑shaped opening, which gathers in the ovum at ovulation. What is this funnel‑shaped opening called?    

Answer: Infundibulum

 

14.  Forages, which are ensiled with too much moisture, result in the formation of an undesirable organic acid.  What is the 4-carbon acid?    

Answer: Butyric acid

 

15. What is the name of the enzyme, that is the commercial form of rennin most commonly used to coagulate milk in the manufacture of cheese in the U.S.?

Answer: Chymosin

 

16. What popular summer dairy product celebrates its 100th birthday in 2004?

            Answer: Ice cream cone

 

  1. Fat has an energy value that is how many times greater than starch?

Answer: 2.25 times

 

  1. What is the hormone primarily responsible for bringing a cow or heifer into heat?

Answer: estrogen

 

19.  Rumen‑protected amino acids are able to enhance which milk component?   

Answer: Milk protein %.

 

20. What is the second or “honeycomb” portion of a cow’s stomach?

Answer: Reticulum

 

Bonus Questions

 

21. Name three signs that a cow may be suffering from acidosis.

Answer:

  1. Laminitis
  2. Poor appetite
  3. Ulcer on feet
  4. Anestrus
  5. Infertility

 

 

22. Name four ways to avoid chemical accidents on the farm.

Answer:

1.      Acknowledge the danger

2.      Keep children away

3.      Store chemicals properly

4.      Closed-handling dispensers

5.      Acquire material safety data sheets

6.      Supplement written warning labels (verbal instruction)

7.      Wear protective clothing and eyewear

8.      Don’t mix chemicals together

9.      Follow label directions

10.  Train workers in safety procedures

 

23. Name three reasons a dairy cow might have poor quality colostrum.

         Answer:

1.Cow dry less than 3-4 weeks

2.Premilking

3.Leaking teats

4.Dirty udder & teats

5.Cow producing large quantity in first milking

6.2 year old vs. older cow

 

 

Alternate Questions

 

  1. What is the highest possible percentile ranking in a sire summary?

Answer: 99%

 

  1. Yoplait is a brand of what type of dairy product?

Answer: yogurt

 

  1. Other than milk fever, what technical term is used to describe low blood calcium?

Answer: Hypocalcemia, parturient paresis