Evaluation of animal welfare conditions in terms of barns and husbandry practices in dairy cattle enterprises of Afyonkarahisar province | Afyonkarahisar ili süt sýðýrcýlýðý iþletmelerinde hayvan refahýnýn barýnak ve yetiþtirme þartlarý yönünden deðerlendirilmesi

English. The aim of this study was to evaluate animal welfare conditions with the aspects of barn measurements, equipment, climatic conditions and some husbandry practices in Afyonkarahisar province. For this purpose, 101 dairy cattle enterprises visited in between january and march months of 2013. Barn types were determined as tie-stall (98%), free-stall (1%) and semi open (1%) in the cattle enterprises. Means of area for barn, windows and chimney were determined as 184.0, 5.3 and 1.2 m2, respectively. Feeders height and width were 59.4 and 46.2 cm. The ratios of enterprises possessing automatic waterers were 18.8%. Means for temperature, humidity, ammonia and carbon dioxide were determined as 16.7 ºC, 59.3%, 7.4 ppm and 1049.7 ppm, respectively. It was determined that 32.7 % and 3 % staff in cattle enterprises have been educated in cattle breeding and animal welfare, respectively.It has been observed that calves were kept indoor group (95%), indoor individual pen (3%) and outdoor individual hutch (2%). Mean value for calves kept in indoor groups determined as 4.9 m2/head. There were no castration and tail cut in cattle enterprises. It was concluded that the dairy cattle enterprises of Afyonkarahisar were not suitable in the aspect of barn type, orders in barn, water bowl and personal education but convenient in relation to climatic conditions in barns, feeder measurements, milking technics and calf rearing.

Turkish. Bu çalýþma, sýðýrcýlýk iþletmelerinde barýnak ölçüleri, ekipman, sýcaklýk, nem, gazlar ve bazý yetiþtirme iþlemlerinin hayvan refahý yönünden incelenmesi amacýyla yapýlmýþtýr. Araþtýrma, 2013 yýlý Ocak ve mart aylarý arasýnda Afyonkarahisar ilinde bulunan 101 adet süt sýðýrcýlýðý iþletmesi ziyaret edilerek yapýlmýþtýr. Ýþletmelerde yapýlan ölçüm, gözlem ve bildirimler inceleme formuna kayýt edilmiþtir. Ýþletmelerin ahýr tipi bakýmýndan daðýlýmý kapalý baðlamalý % 98, kapalý serbest dolaþýmlý % 1 ve yarý açýk % 1 olduðu tespit edilmiþtir. Ahýr, pencere ve baca alaný ortalamalarý sýrasýyla; 184.0, 5.3 ve 1.2 m2 bulunmuþtur. Yemlik yüksekliði ve geniþliði 59.4 ve 46.2 cm'dir. Otomatik suluk bulunduran iþletmelerin oraný %18.8'dir. Barýnak içi sýcaklýk, nem, amonyak ve karbondioksit ortalamalarý sýrasýyla; 16.7 °C, % 59.3, 7.4 ppm ve 1049.7 ppm olarak belirlenmiþtir. Ýþletmelerde çalýþan personelin % 32.7'si sýðýr yetiþtiriciliði, % 3.0'ü ise hayvan refahý ile ilgili eðitim aldýklarýný bildirmiþtir. Buzaðýlarýn kapalý grup (% 95), kapalý bireysel (% 3) ve buzaðý kulübesinde (% 2) yetiþtirildiði, grup yetiþtirmede buzaðýlara ortalama 4,9 m2 /baþ alan ayrýldýðý tespit edilmiþtir. Ýþletmelerde kastrasyon ve kuyruk kesme yapýlmadýðý belirlenmiþtir. Sonuç olarak Afyonkarahisar ili süt sýðýrcýlýðý iþletmelerinin barýnak tipi, barýnak içi düzenlemeler, suluk sayýsý ve personel eðitimi bakýmýndan hayvan refahýna uygun olmadýðý; barýnak içi iklimsel koþullar, yemlik ölçüleri, saðým ve buzaðýlarýn büyütülmesi bakýmýndan uygun olduðu söylenebilir.