Journal of Animal Science and Products

Abstract

This study examines the current situation of cattle and small ruminant breeding in Aydın and reveals its importance to Aydın province. Given the last 10 years of several animals (2012-2021) in our country, it is seen that our number of sheep has increased from 27.4 million to 45.1 million, a number ogoatsat from 8.3 million to 12.3 million head number of cattle form 14 million to 17.9 million head. The total production of milk was 22.960.377 tons, fleece and mohair, 85.915 tons and 468 tons respectively. According to data from 2021, our beef production was 1 million 460 thousand tons, our sheep meat production was 385 thousand tons, our goat meat production was 94 thousand tons. In Turkey, the annual consumption of beef is 13.12 kg per person, the consumption of small meat is 5.39 kg and the consumption of chicken meat is 20.65 kg. In Aydın province, the ratio of cultural breeds in cattle as a whole is 74.62% of hybrid breeds 17.70 and the ratio of domestic breeds is 7.68%. The cultural breed of Aydın province contains 4% of its presence in Turkey. It is classified as 364.581 heads in 4 provinces. In Aydın Province, the number of dairy farming enterprises producing milk with 1-5 head of animals is 17.063 and the number of beef cattle enterprises with 1-5 head of animals is 1.545. Aydın province ranks second after İzmir in the Aegean region with total milk production of 566.298,09 tons. In terms of average milk yield per milked cow (Culture), Aydın province ranks fourth in the Aegean region with 3.965 kg. The average sheep milk yield is 83.60 kg, average goat milk is 106.98 kg in Aydın province. As a result, Aydın province plays a significant role in the agricultural sector of the country.