Chapter 18- Beef and dairy cattle breed

Udders should hold a total capacity of how many pounds of milk?

50-70 pounds of milk

Milk is tested every?

15-45 days

Term for the offspring of cattle?

Progeny

Term for when selected cattle are removed from the herd?

culled

Cattle giving birth should gain what % of its body weight?

12%

Cattle should be placed on milk replacer for a ? week period

2-3 week period

liquid manure systems should be cleaned when?

every 4-5 months

another term for squeeze chute?

stanchion

young beef calves are vaccinated to days prior to weaning?

14-21 days

Grass tetany leads to low?

Magnesium and calcium levels

a retained placenta is a condition that affects any cow how many hours post labor?

8 hours post labor

Black leg is most sisce[tible to?

6 months and 2 year olds

anaplasmosis is spread how?

a protozoan spread by ticks not contagious

Dry period or milk production stops for how long?

50-60 days

what % of milk is water?

87%

Bovine refers to?

Cattle

Anaplasmosis?

Protozoan not contagious invades blood cells

Cow refers to?

Adult female cow

Bull refers to?

Adult male bovine/cow

Steer refers to?

Castrated male cow

heifer refers to?

Young female not bred yet

Springing heifer refers to?

Young female cow that is pregnant with her first calf

Calf refers to?

Young cow

Calving refers to?

The labor process of cows

Freshening refers to?

The labor process of diary producing animals

Herd refers to?

A group of cattle

Freemartin refers to ?

Adult cow(female) that is sterile and not able to produce

Polled refers to?

No horn growth

Forager refers to?

Animal that eats grass and pasture

Marbling refers to?

The appearance of intramuscular fat within the meat as striations or lines throughout the meat layersCu

Cutability refers to?

Quality and quantity of meat from a beef animal

Dual purpose breed refers to?

Breed that serves more than one purpose such as both meat and dairy

How many beef cattle are there?

95 millionH

How many dairy cattle farms are there?

90,000/90k

How many pounds of milk do dairy cattle produce?

175 billion pounds

California beef cattle product how many million pounds of milk?

36,000 /36k

selection guidelines refers to what?

the standard of the beef type cow and how its chosen for production programs

Pedigree refers to?

Parents breeding lines

Genetic flaws are?

Undesiresired traits or characteristics

Sound refers to?

No signs of of lameness or injury to the leg or hooves

Conformation refers to?

Body shape and form

Udders refers to

mammary glands

Teats refers to

section of the mammary gland producing milk

Lactation refers to

producing milk

Palatability refers to?

How well the food tastes

Colostrum refers to?

The natural antibodies in first 24 hours

Starter food is usually?

digestible

Roughage refers to

hay or grass sourceF

Alfalfa diet refers to

Hay high in protient

Free choice refers to

Hay available at all timews

Beef cattle means cows should eat __% of their body weight

2-3%

Creep feeders help what?

Prevent adults from consuming all the food

Warm housing refers to

ACC

cold housing refers to?

Natural

cows produce ___% of body in waste?

8%

Manure refers to

waste

Solid manure system refers to

Used on farms where cost are low and collected and taken

Liquid manure system refers to

Larger production systems and must meet environmental standards

Reefing is?

Restraining with a rope

Caustic refers to?

Chemicals that burn the horn buds

horn bud refers to

area of horn growth

Slough refers to?

fall off

Brucellosis refers to?

Bangs disease reproductive disease of cattle causing abortion, and infertility (Bruce likes to bang so hard he lose baby)

Bovine Viral Diarrhea refers to?

BVD is a virus in cattle that causes diarhea

Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis refers to?

Virus that affects cattle and is called red nose being respiratory problems (bovine is red)

Leptospirosis?

Bacterial disease of cattle that is transmitted in the urine

Campylobacter refers to?

Bacterial infection that effects the intestinal or reproductive system

Mastitis refers to?

inflamation of the mammary glands

Bloat refers to?

Displaced abomasum

Grass tetany refers to?

Condition of cattle that are placed in green pasture high in nitrogen leading to low magnesium and calcium (Grass Tet gets high off of nitrogen)

hypocalcium refers to?

Low blood calcium levels

Ketosis refers to?

condition of dairy cattle that causes low blood sugar like diabeties ( keto copies diabeties)

Blackleg refers to?

a fatal disease that lives in soil and goes in wounds

Anaplasmosis refers to?

protoazoan via tick that causes red blood levels to go low

Cow calf system goal is?

Raise cattle and breed them as adults

Back grounding system goal is to?

Raise calf to market size for profit

Finishing system refers to?

Calf that grows through enture adult stage

dry cow period refers to?

Cow reproductive time Al

Alveoli refers to

Tiny structures in the udder

Primed means?

applying the milking machine to utter