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Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices
Abstract
This study aimed to identify current challenges in farm management and cattle breeding practices on cattle farms located in the Selim district of Kars province. For this purpose, a face-to-face survey was conducted with 350 cattle farm owners randomly selected from among 3925 farms in the district. Study results showed that the milking was performed by mobile milking machines in 52.3% of the cattle farms in the district. Furthermore, the majority of the farmers (60.2%) cleaned the milking machines after each milking., while 29.6% of the enterprises were determined to perform machine cleaning once a day. It was found that pre-milking udder cleaning is not performed in 15.0% of the enterprises, while 85.0% of the respondents stated that they perform udder cleaning before milking. Moreover, the vast majority of enterprises in the district (98.3%) stored the milk in plastic containers. It was also found that calvings in enterprises were mostly in winter (70.6%), followed by spring (14.6%) and autumn (13.7%), and the rate of enterprises keeping records of animals was 18.9%. This study found that 45.7% of enterprises dried off their cows three months before calving, 39.1% dried off them two months before calving. The most common diseases in dairy farms in the district are toe and nail problems (33.3%), dystocia (25.9%), mastitis (14.6%), diarrhea (4.6%) and coughing (0.6%). According to the research findings, in order to ensure hygienic milk production in the district, it is necessary to increase the number of communal cooling tanks in villages, promote the use of machine milking, conduct more frequent checks of dairy cows for mastitis, and have local units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry play a more active role in addressing the deficiencies observed in farm management practices.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Stock Farming and Treatment
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 25, 2025
Submission Date
August 18, 2025
Acceptance Date
October 2, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 14 Number: 2
APA
Yüksel, S., & Tarhan, O. (2025). Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices. Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi, 14(2), 54-65. https://izlik.org/JA78WJ84FJ
AMA
1.Yüksel S, Tarhan O. Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices. Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi. 2025;14(2):54-65. https://izlik.org/JA78WJ84FJ
Chicago
Yüksel, Sadrettin, and Oğuzhan Tarhan. 2025. “Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices”. Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi 14 (2): 54-65. https://izlik.org/JA78WJ84FJ.
EndNote
Yüksel S, Tarhan O (December 1, 2025) Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices. Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi 14 2 54–65.
IEEE
[1]S. Yüksel and O. Tarhan, “Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices”, Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 54–65, Dec. 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA78WJ84FJ
ISNAD
Yüksel, Sadrettin - Tarhan, Oğuzhan. “Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices”. Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi 14/2 (December 1, 2025): 54-65. https://izlik.org/JA78WJ84FJ.
JAMA
1.Yüksel S, Tarhan O. Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices. Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi. 2025;14:54–65.
MLA
Yüksel, Sadrettin, and Oğuzhan Tarhan. “Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices”. Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 2, Dec. 2025, pp. 54-65, https://izlik.org/JA78WJ84FJ.
Vancouver
1.Sadrettin Yüksel, Oğuzhan Tarhan. Structural Characteristics of Cattle Farm Enterprises in Selim District of Kars Province: Farm Management Practices. Bahri Dağdaş Hayvancılık Araştırma Dergisi [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 1;14(2):54-65. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA78WJ84FJ