2014 Junior Dairy Quiz Bowl Questions
Phase B
5 Questions
Round 04
Correct answers are worth 10 points each.
Only the team being asked the questions is to be in the room. Each team will be asked these
5 questions. Answers are to be given by a team captain, but assistance may come from any
team member. A question may be repeated only once. Answers must be started within 20
seconds. Partial credit may be given at the discretion of the judges. After one team has been
questioned, the other team will enter the contest room and be asked the same 5 questions.
1. How many heifer classes are there in a National Junior Holstein Show, excluding
champion classes?
7 heifer classes
a) 15,628 lbs
b) 18,120 lbs
c) 19,644 lbs
d) 23,412 lbs
ANS: c) 19,644 lbs
2. *X When comparing fertility in dairy animals, which of the following are usually the least
fertile?
Aged Cow
ANS: Income over feed cost(s)
*4. X What mineral does the dairy cow need in the largest quantity?
a) Potassium
b) Magnesium
c) Iron
d) Calcium
b) crude protein
c) neutral detergent fiber (NDF)
d) rumen-undegradable protein (RUP)
ANS: c) neutral detergent fiber (NDF)
5. * Bloat is a condition where a cow cannot belch. What are the gasses associated with it?
a) Methane and Oxygen
b) Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide
c) Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
d) Carbon Dioxide and Methane
Calculation: 100 pounds of actual (as-fed) TMR X 50% dry matter = 50 pounds of dry matter
Phase C
20 Questions
Correct answers are worth 15 points each.
Both teams are in the room for Phase C. The first contestant to signal will answer the
question within 5 seconds after being acknowledged by the moderator. Failure to do so will
cost that team 10 points. Any contestant answering a question without being acknowledged
by the moderator will lose 10 points. If an answer is incorrect, members of the other team
will have the opportunity to answer the question without having it reread except for
true/false, either or and yes or no type questions. If an answer is given in these types of
questions, the question will be replaced with a tie breaker question, and given to the other
team. No points are deducted for giving an incorrect answer. Team members are not
allowed to discuss the answers in this phase. No partial credit is available in Phase C,
except for bonus questions. If neither team can offer an answer to the question within 10
seconds, the moderator will give the answer and the question will be dropped but neither
team will forfeit points.
*1. X What is the best sign of a cow's fertile period?
Standing heat - permits other animals to mount her
ANS: d) 280 days
*2. The process of storing and preserving wet silage to feed later on is known as what?
Ensiling
ANS: b) Holstein
3. *X How many stalls are there in a double‐8 herringbone parlor?
16
ANS: c) 56 lbs
*4. X Good dairy managers calculate IOFC to help evaluate their profitability. What does the
abbreviation IOFC stand for?
Income Over Feed Costs
ANS: b) Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
*5. X Footbaths should be used at least how many days a week?
3 to 4 days
ANS: c) Calving interval
*6. X What season of the year are the incidences of retained placentas and metritis the
highest?
Summer
ANS: b) thermal-neutral zone
*7. X Your veterinarian says that a cow is in her first trimester. What does that mean?
First 3 months of pregnancy
ANS: 40 points
*8. Which stomach compartment is largest in a newborn calf?
Abomasum
ANS: b) 1945
*9. The enzyme rennin or rennet performs what function in the calf’s stomach?
Curd Formation (to curdle milk)
ANS: b) it decreases
*10. X DNA testing is a means of verifying parentage. What type of sample is needed for
the
lab to best identify DNA markers?
Hair sample from switch
ANS: 2 minutes
*11. X What organ functions in the role of detoxification of metabolite and produces bile?
Liver
ANS: bacteria count
*12. X The plug that forms in the teat canal 45 minutes after the cow has been milked is
made from what protein?
Keratin
ANS: a) transition diet
*13. All vitamins play an important role in the life cycle of an animal. What role does Vitamin K
play?
Helping with the Coagulation of Blood
ANS: milk fever (or hypocalcemia)
*14. What udder condition appears as swelling due to an excessive accumulation of fluids
between the cells of the mammary gland tissue just under the skin? It is very
common around calving.
ANS: Edema
*15. Once a straw of semen has been thawed it should be used to inseminate a cow within
how many minutes?
10 to 15 minutes
ANS: a) subclinical
*16. What is the common name for digital dermatitis?
Hairy warts or strawberry warts
ANS: Voluntary Waiting Period
*17. A follicular wave is a description of how the follicles develop. How many follicular waves
take place during an estrous cycle?
2-3
ANS: Mad Cow Disease
*18. X To achieve active silage fermentation what is the most critical requirement?
Adequate moisture
ANS: Anthelmintics (also accept dewormers)
*19. In regards to nutrition, what does the abbreviation TMR stand for and give its definition?
Total Mixed Ration, a blend of all the feedstuffs in one feed.
ANS: c) Babcock
*20. How long should predip solution stay on the udder to assure bacterial kill?
25‐30 seconds
ANS: reticulum
Bonus Questions
Each bonus question is worth 20 points.
Bonus questions may be earned in the toss-up round. To receive a bonus question, 3
different team members must correctly answer the toss-up questions. Bonus questions are
not passed to the other team, nor are points deducted for an incomplete or incorrect
answer to the question. Bonus question will be asked whenever 3 team members have
answered toss-up questions correctly with the count kept individually for both teams
within a match. Eligibility for bonus questions does not carry over to another match. The
answers must come from the team captain but assistance can come from the other team
members. Only the number or answers required by the bonus question will be accepted.
Example: If the bonus has a four-part answer - the first four answers given by the team
will be accepted. Answers to a bonus question must start within 20 seconds and be
completed within 60 seconds.
*1. What is remastication?
ANS: Process of chewing the food again
*2. What term describes management practices in which the herd is protected from entry of new
diseases and minimizes the spread and/or adverse effects of diseases in the herd?
Biosecurity
ANS: 35% dry matter
*3. What disease is caused by the bacterium Clostridium chauvoei?
Blackleg
ANS: American Association of Bovine Practitioners