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
Authors
Rıdvan Koçyiğit
0000-0001-9979-0804
Türkiye
Mete Yanar
Türkiye
Veysel Fatih Özdemir
Türkiye
Abdulkerim Diler
Türkiye
Recep Aydın
*
Türkiye
Mesut Tosun
Türkiye
Publication Date
February 25, 2022
Submission Date
December 14, 2021
Acceptance Date
January 24, 2022
Published in Issue
Year 2022 Volume: 1 Number: 1