Research Article

A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province

Volume: 1 Number: 1 February 25, 2022
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A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province

Abstract

This study was carried out in İspir county of Erzurum Province to reveal the milking management practices in the cattle enterprises. For this purpose, data were obtained by conducting a face to face survey with 385 dairy farm owners in the county. Frequency analysis and Chi-square tests of the obtained data were performed in SPSS statistics program. According to the results obtained from this study, it was determined that more than half (53.5%) of the enterprises handed out concentrate feed to cattle during milking, and 33.0% of them prior to milking. Cows were milked by hand in the majority of the cattle enterprises (78.4%), and mobile milking machines were used for milking cows in 21.6% of the farms. Effect of education levels on the milking method was determined to be highly significant (p<0.01). Only 3.3% of the enterprises did not perform pre-milking udder cleaning. The most common problems encountered by the cattle breeders in the İspir county of Erzurum were found as diseases (99.2%), expensive feed prices (97.5%), difficult cattle care (97.0%), and market insufficiency (94.9%). Although the milking management of dairy cattle enterprises in the county is better than in some provinces of Turkey, there are still important problems and deficiencies. For improving the breeder’s awareness and knowledge about milking management in the county, farmers need to be informed about pre-milking udder cleaning, milking methods, storing raw milk, keeping milk yield records as well as supports and incentives given by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Zootechny (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

February 25, 2022

Submission Date

December 14, 2021

Acceptance Date

January 24, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 1 Number: 1

APA
Koçyiğit, R., Yanar, M., Özdemir, V. F., Diler, A., Aydın, R., & Tosun, M. (2022). A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province. Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics, 1(1), 7-15. https://izlik.org/JA73ML35YB
AMA
1.Koçyiğit R, Yanar M, Özdemir VF, Diler A, Aydın R, Tosun M. A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province. Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics. 2022;1(1):7-15. https://izlik.org/JA73ML35YB
Chicago
Koçyiğit, Rıdvan, Mete Yanar, Veysel Fatih Özdemir, Abdulkerim Diler, Recep Aydın, and Mesut Tosun. 2022. “A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province”. Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics 1 (1): 7-15. https://izlik.org/JA73ML35YB.
EndNote
Koçyiğit R, Yanar M, Özdemir VF, Diler A, Aydın R, Tosun M (February 1, 2022) A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province. Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics 1 1 7–15.
IEEE
[1]R. Koçyiğit, M. Yanar, V. F. Özdemir, A. Diler, R. Aydın, and M. Tosun, “A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province”, Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 7–15, Feb. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA73ML35YB
ISNAD
Koçyiğit, Rıdvan - Yanar, Mete - Özdemir, Veysel Fatih - Diler, Abdulkerim - Aydın, Recep - Tosun, Mesut. “A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province”. Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics 1/1 (February 1, 2022): 7-15. https://izlik.org/JA73ML35YB.
JAMA
1.Koçyiğit R, Yanar M, Özdemir VF, Diler A, Aydın R, Tosun M. A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province. Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics. 2022;1:7–15.
MLA
Koçyiğit, Rıdvan, et al. “A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province”. Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics, vol. 1, no. 1, Feb. 2022, pp. 7-15, https://izlik.org/JA73ML35YB.
Vancouver
1.Rıdvan Koçyiğit, Mete Yanar, Veysel Fatih Özdemir, Abdulkerim Diler, Recep Aydın, Mesut Tosun. A Study on the Milking Practices and Some Structural Characteristics of the Cattle Enterprises Located in İspir County of Erzurum Province. Palandöken Journal of Animal Sciences Technology and Economics [Internet]. 2022 Feb. 1;1(1):7-15. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA73ML35YB