BEEF MANAGEMENT

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The gestation length in beef cattle is ______.

• A. 5 months
• B. 9 1/2 months
• C. 283 days
• D. Both B and C

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Calves are weaned at what age?

• A. 5 months
• B. 205 days
• C. 3 months
• D. 1 year

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What vaccine is used to prevent blackleg.

• A. Clostridium Chauvoei
• B. BVD
• C. Haemophilsis
• D. Leptospiros

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A bottle of ______ should be available on all
farms in case of a reaction to injections.

• A. Bourbon
• B. Epinephrine
• C. Cydectin
• D. LA 200

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B
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D
Epinephrine is used as an antidote, for animals
suffering from an allergic reaction to an
injection.
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A cow suffering from dystocia is _____.

• A. Having a problem calving
• B. In respiratory distress
• C. In estrus
• D. doomed

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How long is the estrus cycle in cattle?

• A. 25 - 28 days
• B. 1 year
• C. 9 1/2 months
• D. 18 - 21 days

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A good steer calf at weaning should weigh ______.

• A. 500 - 600 pounds
• B. 300 - 400 pounds
• C. 900 - 1000 pounds
• D. 100 - 200 pounds

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Which will finish quicker heifers, steers, or
bulls?

• A. Heifers
• B. Steers
• C. Bulls

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Ivomec is used to control ______.

• A. Worms
• B. Lice
• C. Warts
• D. Both A B

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B
C
D
Ivomec is very unique in the fact that it
controls both internal and exterior parasites.
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What does the term green mean?

• Sickly Appearing
• Thin lacking maturity
• Too fat
• Cattle with grass scours

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Where do we measure frame size in cattle?

• At the grow bone or over the hips
• At the top of the animals head
• From head to tail
• From the ground to the bottom of the animals
  stomach

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A 12 month old heifer that is 50 inches tall is
approximately what frame size?

• 1-2
• 3-4
• 5
• 6-7

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All of these things are done when preconditioning
with the exception of __________.

• Castrated
• Dehorned
• Vaccinated
• Pregnancy checked

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What is the average birth weight of a calf?

• 20-30 lbs
• 60-80 lbs
• 90-110 lbs
• 150-160 lbs

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How many udder sections does a cow have?

• 2
• 1
• 6
• 4

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At what age does the typical producer wean calves?

• 205 days
• 180 days
• 90 days
• 270 days

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What is the average gestation length of a cow?

• 250 days
• 365 days
• 283 days
• 180 days

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How long is estrus or the time the cow is
actually in heat?

• 2-3 days
• 18-21 days
• 1 day
• 10 days

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How long is the estrus cycle for a cow?

• 2-3 days
• 10 days
• 30 days
• 18-21 days

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How long will the average cow be in lactation?

• 6-8 months
• 4-6 months
• 10-12 months
• 2-4 months

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A device that is placed on the head of a bull to
mark the cows he has mounted is called a
___________.

• Chin-ball marker
• Marking harness
• Paint stick
• Mounting marker

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A patch placed on the tailhead of a cow to
identify when she has been mounted or bred is
called a ____________.

• Breeding patch
• Marking patch
• Kamar patch
• KCA patch

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What does a breech birth mean?

• Calf comes out completely backwards, with just
  the tail coming out first
• Calf comes out forward with one leg back
• Calf comes out correct
• Calf comes out forward with both legs back

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What is a calfs normal body temperature?

• 101.5 degrees F
• 98.6 degrees F
• 104 degrees F
• 106 degrees F

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What is a calfs normal respiration rate?

• 5-9 respirations/minute
• 75 beats/minute
• 10-30 respirations/minute
• 50 respirations/minute

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Relative to nutrition, what does the term
flushing mean?

• Feeding extra protein during breeding season to
  increase ovulation rate
• Feeding extra energy prior to breeding season to
  increase ovulation rate
• Removing eggs from a cow during breeding season
• Feeding extra water during breeding season to
  flush out digestive system

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A fungal infection that leaves dry round lesions
on the skin is called _________.

• Foot rot
• Round Fungi
• Ring worm
• Black-leg

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Which of these is not a permanent form of
identifying cattle?

• Tattoo
• Ear Tags
• Microchip
• Branding

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What is a disease caused by consuming metal
products that causes an animal to lose weight and
become unthrifty?

• Hardware disease
• Metal Toxemia
• Anorexia
• Tetanus

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What does IBR stand for?

• International Beef Regulations
• Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis
• Illegally Bought Red Polls
• Infectious Bull Ringworm

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All of these are examples of energy feeds except
__________.

• Soybean Meal
• Corn
• Oats
• Milo

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A disease that is caused by a bacterial infection
that results in paratuberculosis, diahrrhea, and
wasting is called _________.

• Black-leg
• Brucellosis
• Johnes disease
• Mad cow disease

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A bacterial infection that breaks down the foot
and hoof in cattle is called _________.

• Bumble foot
• Foot scald
• Black-leg
• Foot rot

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A situation where the feet overgrow and the calf
becomes lame due to overeating is called
_________.

• Black-leg
• Acidosis
• Founder
• Johnes Disease

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Which of these is a clostridial disease that
causes death?

• Johnes disease
• Brucellosis
• Pneumonia
• Black-leg

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What is another term for an infection of the eye?

• Red eye
• Conjunctivitis
• Clostridial infection
• Goopy eye

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A more common term for blue-bag is _________.

• Mastitis
• Enterotoxemia
• Johnes Disease
• Leptospirosis

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At what age is the typical calf vaccinated for
Brucellosis?

• One year of age
• 1-6 months
• 7-12 months
• 1-2 years old

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What is mad cow disease?

• A disease caused by making bulls mad by waving
  red flags in front of them
• A viral infection that causes neurological damage
  to the animal
• A spongiform encephalopathy that causes
  neurological damage
• A clostridial disease that causes heart and lung
  problems

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What is foot and mouth disease?

• A spongiform encephalopathy that causes
  neurological damage
• A viral infection that causes watery blisters on
  mouth, feet, and udders and is highly contagious
• A non-contagious disease that causes the
  degeneration of the feet and mouth
• A disease that inhibits reproduction in cows.

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All of these are zoonotic disease except
__________.

• Ringworm
• Pinkeye
• Undulant Fever
• Hardware Disease

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All of these are compartments of a ruminant
animals stomach except ___________.

• Rumen
• Reticulum
• Duodenum
• Abomasum

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What is a creep feed?

• Feed fed to creepy or spooky calves
• High energy feed fed to gestating cows
• Feed that is fed to calves still nursing cows
• Feed that is fed to bulls to increase fertility

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What is the normal percent protein of a creep
feed?

• 8-10
• 12-13
• 44-46
• 16-18

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All of these feeds are examples of protein feeds
except ________.

• Soybean Meal
• Cottonseed Meal
• Fish Meal
• Barley

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Taking an ink print of the nose is called
___________.

• Nose-printing
• Ink blotting
• Abstract art
• Nose-marking

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What part of the body do ribeye steaks come from?

• Loin
• Rib
• Chuck
• Round

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What part of the body do T-bone steaks come from?

• Rib
• Sirloin
• Short loin
• Round

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What part of the body do sirloin steaks come from?

• Short loin
• Chuck
• Flank
• Sirloin

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What part of the body does hamburger come from?

• Round
• Sirloin
• Chuck
• All of the Above

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What does the term steep-rumped mean?

• Too much slope from hooks to pins
• Not level from loin to rump
• C. A really tall steer, heifer, cow, or bull
• D. Post-legged

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What does the term balanced mean?

• The animal is heavily muscled.
• All body parts are proportional to each other.
• The animal is very rugged, deep sided, and short
  bodied
• The animal looks like it was put together in
  pieces.

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What does the term pinched in the heart mean?

• An animal that has a heart valve condition
• An animal that is deep ribbed and has good
  capacity
• An obvious restriction of the rib cage behind the
  shoulders or shallow ribbed
• An animal that has a much smaller than usual heart

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What does the term easy-fleshing mean?

• An animal that is easy to clip or fit with shears
• An open ribbed, high volumed, broody looking cow
  or heifer that is easy to feed
• An animal that it is easy to remove the hide or
  flesh from at the packing plant
• A cow or heifer that is hard to keep weight on

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What does the term splay-footed mean?

• An animal whose toes turn outward when looking at
  the front view
• An animal whose toes turn inward when looking at
  the front view
• An animal whose legs turn inward when looking at
  the rear view
• An animal whose legs turn outward when looking at
  the rear view

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What does the term pigeon-footed mean?

• An animal whose toes turn outward when looking at
  the front view
• An animal whose legs turn inward when looking at
  the rear view
• An animal whose toes turn inward when looking at
  the front view
• An animal whose legs curve outward when looking
  at the rear view

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What does the term bow-legged mean?

• An inward curvature to the hocks in the rear view
• An outward curvature to the hocks in the rear
  view
• An animal where the toes are turned inward in
  the front view
• An animal where the toes are turned outward in
  the front view

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What does the term post-legged mean?

• An animal that has too much set to the hock and
  keeps its legs way up underneath body
• An animal that has really skinny and narrow legs
• An animal that does not have enough set to the
  hock and legs are too straight up and down
• An animal that has very large boned legs

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Leptosprosis causes _______.

• A. Scours
• B. Late term abortions
• C. Double muscling
• D. Foot rot

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How much Ivomec would you inject your 440 pound
steer with?

• A. 4 ccs
• B. 6 ccs
• C. 10 ccs
• D. 22 ccs

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D
The recommended dose for cattle is 1 cc per 110
pounds of body weight.
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How many ccs in a mL of injectable vaccine?

• A 2
• B 4
• C 5
• D 1

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D
Medication will normally be sold in mLs
(milliliter). However most syringes form of
measurement is Cc's. The two are interchangeable
at a 1 to 1 rate.
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LA 200 is used in treatment for ______.

• A. Pneumonia
• B. Foot rot
• C. Pinkeye
• D. All the above

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B
C
D
LA 200 is a very popular antibiotic that is used
for many forms of illness. LA 200 continues to
work for up to 3 days making it very popular and
only requiring a single shot.
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A cow should have a calf every _____.

• A. 2 years
• B. 2 1/2 years
• C. 12 months
• D. 5 years

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What is the ideal market weight for finished
steers?

• A. 900 - 1050 pounds
• B. 1100 - 1250 pounds
• C. 1300 -1450 pounds
• D. 1 ton

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Which gauge needle is the largest?

• A. 20
• B. 18
• C. 16
• D. 14

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D
The most used gauge needles in beef are 16 and
18s.
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What are the 3 methods of administering wormer?

• A. Injection, Oral, Nasal
• B. Pour on, Oral, Implant
• C. Nasal, Implant, Injection
• D. Oral, Injection, Pour on

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D
Pour on is the most popular requiring the least
restraint and time.
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In Kentucky, what would be the most ideal cow
size on limited feed supply?

• A. Frame score 4, 900-1000 pounds
• B. Frame score 6, 1100-1200 pounds
• C. Frame score 8, 1300-1400 pounds
• D. Frame score 10, 1500-1600 pounds

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How long is the estrus period in beef cattle?

• A. 21 days
• B. 2 - 3 days
• C. 28 days
• D. Forever

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What is a steers dressing percentage?

• A. 82
• B. 72
• C. 62
• D. 52

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D
The old rule of thumb sheep 52, cattle 62, and
swine 72
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Creep feed contains what protein?

• A. 18-20
• B. 12-14
• C. 4-6
• D. 44-48

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How do cattle progress in getting fat?

• A. Back to front
• B. Front to back
• C. Bottom to top
• D. Inside out

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What is the purpose of embryo transfer?

• A. Mass produce a superior mating
• B. Rest the cow
• C. Increase the number of calves from a bull
• D. Save bull power by inseminating embryo
  instead of semen

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A grazing cow returns what of phosphorus to the
pasture in the form of manure?

• A. 97
• B. 57
• C. 37
• D. 7

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A heifer with excellent fleshing ability means

• A. She will flesh good on feed.
• B. She is fat.
• C. She will maintain body condition on limited
  feed supply.
• D. There is not enough feed in the world to make
  her fat.

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A balanced calf refers to

• A. Levelness of top line and neatness of the
  front end
• B. The correct proportions of width, depth, and
  length
• C. Muscle thickness compared to shoulder
  thickness
• D. Relationship between muscle and fat

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A stylish heifer would be _______.

• A. Extremely straight lined with a neat, smooth,
  angular fronted.
• B. Super thick, wide fronted, and open
  shouldered.
• C. Be broken topped and steep rumped.
• D. Fined boned and very feminine fronted.

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A very sick animal might receive a shot IV which
is where?

• A. In the muscle
• B. Under the skin
• C. In the vein
• D. In the rump

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A heifer should have a calf at what age?

• A. 1 year
• B. 18 months
• C. 24 months
• D. 3 years

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Your cow is in standing estrus this morning. When
should you artificially inseminate her?

• A. 2 days after standing estrus
• B. Instantly upon standing estrus
• C. 24 hours after standing estrus
• D. 12 hours after standing estrus

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What happens when a cow is super ovulated?

• A. A cow that stays in estrus all the time
• B. A cow that always settles on the first mating
• C. A cow is induced to produce multiple eggs
• D. A cow is used to receive an embryo

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A female that has not given birth is referred to
as a ______.

• A. Old maid
• B. Steer
• C. Heifer
• D. Cow

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The average body temperature is ______F.

• A. 98.6
• B. 100
• C. 101.5
• D. 102.3

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A baby calf will usually weigh ______ at birth.

• A. 100-120 pounds
• B. 140-160 pounds
• C. 60-80 pounds
• D. 40-60 pounds

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A heifer twin to a bull is referred to as a _____.

• A. Big sister
• B. Little sister
• C. Step sister
• D. Free martin

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A shot delivered SQ would end up where?

• A. In the muscle
• B. Under the skin
• C. In the vein
• D. In the mouth

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B
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How old should a heifer be when bred for the
first time?

• A. 2 years
• B. 1 year
• C. 8 months
• D. 15 months

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What is FSH?

• A. Female sure heat
• B. Follicle stimulating hormone
• C. For sure heat
• D. Finished steers

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Why would you use FSH?

• A. Stimulate estrus
• B. Super ovulation
• C. Stop estrus cycle
• D. Patch a fence

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Why would you use MGA?

• A. Suppress estrus period
• B. Super ovulation
• C. Increase milk production
• D. Aid in calving

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A castrated male is referred to as a ______.

• A. Steer
• B. Wether
• C. Bull
• D. Barrow

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A Donor cow is used to _____.

• A. Super ovulate for embryo transfer
• B. Receive embryos
• C. Tease the bull before breeding season
• D. Raise an orphan calf

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B
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Which accuracy would make the EPDs the most
accurate?

• A. .28
• B. .54
• C. .90
• D. .67

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A medication has a 10 day withdrawal which means
...

• A. The medicine will work for 10 days
• B. The treated animal cannot be sold for human
  consumption for 10 days
• C. The treated animal will have a drug residue
  for 10 days
• D. The medication has 10 days or less to be used

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If you inject a calf IM where does the medication
go?

• A. In the muscle
• B. Under the skin
• C. In the vein
• D. Up side the head

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B
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Which area should an IM injection be given?

• A. Neck
• B. Rump
• C. Middle of the back
• D. Next to the tail

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B
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What product is implanted in the cows
reproductive track to suppress estrus?

• A. Bovatec
• C. Ruminsin
• C. CIDR (Seeder)
• D. MGA (Heat stop)

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B
C
D
CIDR pronounced seeder is used in many herds as
a very effective method of suppressing estrus.
CIDR allows herds to synchronize AI matings and
the resulting calving season. CIDR is implanted
while MGA is fed.
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