Dairy and Swine - Oh my!

With DCAD diet management, the goal is to be at -5 to -10 meq/100g DM

How long should you wait after stimulating the teat to start milking?

It costs $10 to produce a baby cow. We sell it for $30. What is the marginal return?

Barrows require more protein to grow after 150lbs

Most pigs go to a nursery prior to finish site

What is responsible for Yellow Flame Disease

Are you able to define Production Medicine in your own words?

The best way to prevent hypocalcemia in cows is to feed enough calcium

Younger cows can produce more milk than older cows

Gunshot is an appropriate method of euthanization of suckling pigs

When doing a somatic cell count, macrophages are the highest in an infected gland

At what average age do you want the first calving to occur?

Homogenization will kill bacteria in case of bad hygeine when collecting the milk

A pig has not had access to water for a while. There is no concern when water consumption then continues

Which of the following is not a good way to make more money in the dairy industry?

Which of the following is not helpful when managing mastitis during lactation?

A lactation begins on the day she goes dry

Multi site production of swine allows for worker specialization, easier nutrition matching and reduces upstream disease

What is the critical temperature for newborn pigs?

Which of the following can minimize the effects of dystocia?

You do a somatic cell count on your milk and get 600,000. Since the US legal limit is 750,000, you are happy.

What is the regulatory limit during standard plate count of milk?

You want to pasteurize the fresh milk you collected from your backyard goat. Which option can be done on your stovetop?

Which of the following can result in bad pork from lactic acid build up?

Which is not a primary maternal breed?

Which is a disadvantage of using Ractopamine Hydrochloride in Meat?

Which is not real in gravity flow ventilation?

Which of the following is considered a fixed cost?

China produces the most pigs

What two numbers are the two you need to calculate the profit if you have no other data?

You want to pasteurize your milk so that it can be stored at room temperature. Which will you do?

Which is not a common step in cleaning milking systems?

Which is NOT a characteristic of a 1 week bacth flow of a sow farm?

Which of the following saw a a drastic increase in consumption within the last century?

You just graduated from vet school and want to be a swine vet. Which location are you least likely to move to?

As long as calves are getting enough calf starter, free choice water is not necessary

It is safe to give refrigerated colostrum 24 hours after collection

The goal of static pressure in pig housing is 0.05

You test the serum total protein on a calf and get 4.5 g/dL. You find this to be an acceptable number

Which is not one of the 5 Cs for raising calves?

Improvest is used in feed to improve meat quality/yield

Which of the following are done on day 1 of pig care?

If you do a preliminary incubation count and the count is higher than the standard plate count, which type is a problem?

Timed AI has a 100% Insemination Risk

What is the purpose of the dry period?

You have a cow with abnormal milk and an abnormal gland, but the cow is fine. What type of mastitis is this?

Gestation stalls are better than Pen gestation

Burial is first choice in monitoring swine mortality

Which type of neonatal housing allows for socialization but is less risky?

T/F Mud can be a direct cause of increased SCC

What type of gas comes from urine and manure?

How long is the typical dry period for dairy cattle?

Which is false?

What is the standard air velocity in pig houses?

What is NOT a benefit to the producer during vertical integration?

What is the most common spread of disease between swine farms?

Rendement Napole Gene is mainly in Hampshire pigs and cause dry pork

Where does the dairy industry get 85% of gross income from?

When is peak milk production reached after calving?

What disease can flies AND rodents bring into farm?

Tunnel Ventilation is most commonly used and the velocity is 350 ft/min

Beef cow-calf sectors are the most integrated

% Standardized Mortality allows comparison between farms and production stages

You want to minimize DMI depression prepartum

Which is an important disease in swine biosecurity?

Many mastitis infections occur during dry period

Which of the following will buy "mismanaged" calves to raise to feeder calves?

Conduction is how pigs mostly transfer heat

What is the typical weaning age for calves?

The last pound of milk a cow produces is the most profitable