Breeds
This breed typically has the highest Milk production.
What is Holstein?
Pasture, hay, and silage are considered this part of a dairy cows diet.
What is Roughage?
The process of Homogenization breaks up something in the milk.
What are fat globules?
The cow has this many chambers in its heart.
What are 4?
A group of cows.
What is a Herd?
Name the six major breeds of dairy cows.
What are Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Jersey, Holstein, Milking Shorthorn, and Guernsey?
Name 4 parts of the cow’s digestive system.
What are (any 4) Mouth, Esophagus, Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum, Small intestine, Large intestine, Colon and Rectum ?
When making this dairy product one of the by-products is Whey.
What is Cheese?
The dewclaws are found on this body part of a dairy cow.
What is Foot?
This storage tank that holds Milk on a Farm.
What is a Bulk Tank?
This dairy breed is known for its golden milk.
What is Guernsey?
A feed that tastes good to the animal and the animal will eat it.
What is Palatable?
The Nutrition label on a carton of milk will have at least 4 different pieces of information on it.
What are (any 4 of these) Serving size, Servings per container, Ingredients, Calories, Fat content, Cholesterol, Sodium, Carbohydrates and Protein?
There are 4 compartments of the mature dairy cow’s stomach.
What are Reticulum, Rumen, Abomasum and Omasum?
This substance keeps semen frozen when it is stored in a tank.
What is Liquid Nitrogen?
This term describes the mating of two purebred animals of different breeds.
What is a Crossbreed?
These are called the building blocks of protein.
What are amino acids?
The percentage of solids in milk.
What is 13 %?
This connects the fetus to the mothers body through the navel and carries nutrients to the fetus.
What is the Umbilical cord?
This is a record of an animal's ancestry.
What is a Pedigree?
This dairy breed has the longest gestation period.
What is Brown Swiss?
This is the part of the body that stores calcium.
What are bones and teeth?
This dairy product is made by fermenting milk and cream with bacterial cultures.
What is Yogurt?
This organ carries the calf during pregnancy?
What is Uterus?
This is generally the largest cost of milk production to the farmer.
What is feed?