Animal Health, Veterinarian Health Services and Expectation and Satisfaction of Cattle Breeders in Cattle Enterprises: A Sample of Narman County of Erzurum Province
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate animal
health, veterinary health service, expectation and satisfaction of the cattle
breeders in the cattle enterprises in Narman County of Erzurum Province. For
this purpose, data were obtained from 208 cattle enterprises in Narman County
via face to face survey study with owners of the enterprises, and the data were
analyzed. While
59.1 % of the cattle
breeders in the county vaccinated their pregnant cows with septicemia vaccine,
63.9 % of them used calf septicemia serum for new born calves. It was found out
that 26.6 % of the breeders performed umbilical cord care after birth, the most faced problem by the cattle breeders
was foot and toe problem with 36.4 %. It was indicated that
percentage of the enterprises receiving regular veterinary service was 7.7 %
and the services were mostly received from private veterinarians. Furthermore
68.3
% of the cattle breeders were satisfied from cattle raising and cattle farming
was main source of income of the 61.5 % of them. The
most important problems in the enterprises were diseases (25.7 %) and high feed
prices (22.6 %). It was also indicated that 19.9 % of the enterprises
used agricultural credits and 53.7 % of them obtained the credit from banks. It
was concluded that animal health and veterinary services have to be provided
effectively and regularly. In addition, it would be useful for Ministry of
Food, Agriculture and Livestock to provide supports to the breeder in this
subject
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
April 30, 2018
Submission Date
March 30, 2017
Acceptance Date
April 30, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 21 Number: 2
