Name: Date: Dairy Terminology Quiz 1. _____________ - percent of fat in the milk 2. Steer – 3. _________________- An individual housing unit for young calves. Often made of white fiberglass or polyvinyl. 4. __________________ - male or female dairy animals less than one year of age. (A young male or female bovine. Usually referred to as calves until reaching sexual maturity) 5. ___________________– female dairy animal that has had a calf. (A mature female bovine. Usually referring to any dairy females that have borne a calf. Some may consider females having given birth only once as "first-calf heifers" until they have a second calf.) 6. Calving – 7. _____________________- First milk following calving. High in fat, protein, and immunoglobulins that may be directly absorbed by the newborn calf in its first 24 hours of life. 8. _________________________ - characteristics indicating that the animal will be useful in the dairy industry. 9. Bull – 10. ______________________ - amount in pounds of milk that a cow produces during a lactation period. 11. ______________________ - span of time that a cow is producing milk 12. mammary system 13. _________________ – female dairy animal that has not had a calf. (Usually less than 18-24 months of age) A bovine female less than three years of age who has not borne a calf. Young cows with their first calves are often called first-calf heifers. 14. ____________________ - To remove a cow from the herd for low milk production, or involuntary culling of cows for reasons of health or injury. (KEY) Dairy Terminology Quiz 1. butterfat - percent of fat in the milk 2. Steer – castrated male beef/dairy animal. 3. Hutch - An individual housing unit for young calves. Often made of white fiberglass or polyvinyl. 4. Calves - male or female dairy animals less than one year of age. (A young male or female bovine. Usually referred to as calves until reaching sexual maturity) 5. Cow – female dairy animal that has had a calf. (A mature female bovine. Usually referring to any dairy females that have borne a calf. Some may consider females having given birth only once as "first-calf heifers" until they have a second calf.) 6. Calving – the act of parturition in cattle. 7. Colostrum - First milk following calving. High in fat, protein, and immunoglobulins that may be directly absorbed by the newborn calf in its first 24 hours of life. 8. dairy character - characteristics indicating that the animal will be useful in the dairy industry 9. Bull – uncastrated male beef/dairy animal. 10. milk production - amount in pounds of milk that a cow produces during a lactation period 11. lactation - span of time that a cow is producing milk 12. mammary system – system in the cow responsible for storing and producing milk 13. Heifer – female dairy animal that has not had a calf. (Usually less than 18-24 months of age) A bovine female less than three years of age who has not borne a calf. Young cows with their first calves are often called first-calf heifers. 14. Cull/Cull Cow - To remove a cow from the herd. Culling reasons in clued voluntary culling of cows for low milk production, or involuntary culling of cows for reasons of health or injury.