Özet:

This study was carried out in the form of a face-to-face survey with breeders in the cattle farms in Elmadağ and Yenimahalle counties of Ankara in 2021. The aim of this study is to investigate the adequacy of existing practices related to herd management, status of barns and status calf reared in farms. In determination as sample size was the Simple Random Sampling method and determined 200 farms. In the statistical evaluation of the data was used SPSS 20.0 package program Since the data were in classification (categorical) scale, in comparisons of data was used Chi-Square independence test. According to the results obtained, the average number of cattle in the farms was 39.60±2.76 heads, the average daily milk yield of the herd was 17.35±0.371 kg day herd-1, and the calf loss rate per farm was 4.65%. The average annual calf loss per farm was 1.01±0.12 heads. It may be indicated that the calf losses are low in the farms, and it was concluded that this is due to the timely giving of colostrum to the calves and the implementation of some vital practical applications at a high rate. As a result, animal products are a mode of production in which demand is a continued state. For this reason, a sustainable production is necessary to meet the continuous demand. In regions where animal husbandry is intense, first of all, it is necessary to reveal the current situation of animal husbandry and to determine the roadmap for sustainability. it is also required to implement eradication programs in order to protect the herds from common diseases with the aim of high milk yield and one calf per year, together with sustainable breeding in the enterprises. In order to help a sustainable production of farms are needed to more scientific studies to determine the productivity, structural status, problems and grower requests of the farm.

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