Karayoluyla 19 saate kadar taşımanın toklular üzerindeki etkileri

Abstract

This study was performed to determine the weight losses, subsequent recovery rate and transportation costs of yearling lambs transported for 3, 6, 9 and 19 hours. In this research, total 63 shorn, male, yearling Akkaraman lambs were weighed to equal the initial live weights and assigned into 4 groups, namely group I (transported 3 hours), group II (transported 6 hours), group III (transported 9 hours+1 hour resting+9 hours) and control group (untransported). Transported lambs were loaded on the lorry at a density of 0.35 m2/head while the control group (untransported) was kept at the same density on the farm. The lambs transported for 3, 6 and 9 hours lost more live weight than the lambs in control group (p<0.05). Compared to control group, significant increases were determined in the percentage of the live weight losses in transported lambs with the increasing journey duration. The cost due to net weight loss for 9 hours transportation was higher than the other groups. Consequently, although point of animal welfare view, transportation of slaughtering animals should be for short time, if marketing conditions entail long time transportation, lambs should be rested for feeding and watering during transportation for rapid recovery rate and reducing the cost of net weight losses

Keywords

• Recovery
• transportation cost
• weight loss
• yearling lamb

Effects of road transport on yearling lambs up to 19 hours

Abstract

Bu çalışma 3, 6, 9 ve 19 saat sürelerle taşınan toklularda meydana gelen ağırlık kayıpları, taşıma sonrası canlı ağırlık geri kazanımı ve taşıma maliyetlerini belirlemek amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada, toplam 63 adet kırkılmış, Akkaraman toklu, başlangıç canlı ağırlıkları eşit olacak şekilde tartılmış ve grup I (3 saat taşınan), grup II (6 saat taşınan), grup III (9 saat taşıma+1 saat dinlenme+9 saat taşıma) ve kontrol grubu (taşınmayan) olarak 4 gruba ayrılmıştır. Taşınacak olan toklular kamyona 0.35 m2/baş sıklıkta yerleştirilirken, kontrol grubu aynı sıklıkta çiftlikte tutulmuştur. 3, 6 ve 9 saat süreyle taşınan toklular, kontrol grubuna göre daha fazla canlı ağırlık kaybetmiştir (p<0.05). Kontrol grubuyla karşılaştırıldığında, taşınan gruplarda taşıma süresinin artışıyla birlikte canlı ağırlık kaybında önemli artışlar belirlenmiştir. 9 saatlik taşımada net ağırlık kaybının maliyeti diğer gruplardan daha yüksek olarak bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak, her ne kadar hayvan refahı açısından kasaplık hayvanların kısa süreli olarak taşınması önerilmekte ise de, piyasa şartlarına göre uzun süreli taşıma zorunluluğu varsa (9 saat ve üzeri), hem taşımada kaybedilen kiloların hızlı geri kazanımı, hem de net ağırlık kayıplarının maliyetinin azaltılabilmesi için hayvanlara yem ve su vererek dinlendirilmeleri önerilmektedir

Keywords

• Ağırlık kaybı
• geri kazanım
• taşıma maliyeti
• toklu

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