Research Article

Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province

Volume: 4 Number: 2 December 27, 2021
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Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the common animal feeding practices as well as types of feeds used in the cattle enterprises located in the central county of Erzincan province. For this purpose, data were obtained by conducting a face to face survey with 401 dairy cattle breeders. Percentages of the enterprises which moved their animals to pasture in March, April, May and June were respectively 2.6%, 56.7%, 39.3% and 1.3%. Cattle breeders tended generally to buy concentrate feed from feed mills, while majority of them (74.8%) grew forage crops in their own enterprises. The most commonly used roughage types were wheat-barley straw (95.8%), alfalfa hay (78.1%) and meadow hay (52.1%), while crushed barley (92.0%), wheat bran (78.6%), dairy cattle feed (68.3%) and cattle fattening feed (50.6%) were prominent as concentrate feeds. It was also determined that feeds in the majority of the enterprises (97.5%) were distributed to animals by hand. Data regarding weaning age of calves indicated that 0.6% of the enterprises weaned their calves at one month of age, 10.9% at two months of age, 79.7% at three-four months of ages, 5.4% at five-six months of ages and 3.4% at seven months of age or older. In conclusion, the awareness of the breeders about updated cattle feeding practices and especially for silage corn planting as well as usage of maize silage for nutrition of animals must be increased and the incentives and financial supports in this respect has to be raised for profitable cattle husbandry in central county.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Zootechny (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 27, 2021

Submission Date

October 31, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 19, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 4 Number: 2

APA
Sağlıcak, S., & Yanar, M. (2021). Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province. Hayvan Bilimi Ve Ürünleri Dergisi, 4(2), 136-152. https://doi.org/10.51970/jasp.1016994
AMA
1.Sağlıcak S, Yanar M. Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province. JASP. 2021;4(2):136-152. doi:10.51970/jasp.1016994
Chicago
Sağlıcak, Serdar, and Mete Yanar. 2021. “Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province”. Hayvan Bilimi Ve Ürünleri Dergisi 4 (2): 136-52. https://doi.org/10.51970/jasp.1016994.
EndNote
Sağlıcak S, Yanar M (December 1, 2021) Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province. Hayvan Bilimi ve Ürünleri Dergisi 4 2 136–152.
IEEE
[1]S. Sağlıcak and M. Yanar, “Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province”, JASP, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 136–152, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.51970/jasp.1016994.
ISNAD
Sağlıcak, Serdar - Yanar, Mete. “Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province”. Hayvan Bilimi ve Ürünleri Dergisi 4/2 (December 1, 2021): 136-152. https://doi.org/10.51970/jasp.1016994.
JAMA
1.Sağlıcak S, Yanar M. Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province. JASP. 2021;4:136–152.
MLA
Sağlıcak, Serdar, and Mete Yanar. “Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province”. Hayvan Bilimi Ve Ürünleri Dergisi, vol. 4, no. 2, Dec. 2021, pp. 136-52, doi:10.51970/jasp.1016994.
Vancouver
1.Serdar Sağlıcak, Mete Yanar. Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: Case of Central County of Erzincan Province. JASP. 2021 Dec. 1;4(2):136-52. doi:10.51970/jasp.1016994

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