Suni Tohumlama Uygulamaları ve Başarıyı Etkileyen Faktörler: Gaziantep İli Nizip İlçesi Sığırcılık İşletmeleri Örneği

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of artificial insemination on cattle farms. For this purpose, a personal survey was conducted with 100 farm owners who breed cattle and have their animals artificially inseminated. In the farms studied, the average farm age was 16.5 years, the age of the farmers was 49±1.1 years, Number of cows per bull in farms was 9.1 head. The annual milk production was 19.2 tons. 40% of the farms are combined farms and 60% are dairy farms. 69% of the barns are closed and 31% are semi-open barns. 77% of breeders use artificial insemination constantly and 23% occasionally. They have found that milk yield has increased partially (53%) or sufficiently (47%) thanks to artificial insemination. 65% of breeders stated that their farms had low fertility because they “did not inseminate at the right time of oestrus”. Breeders attributed untimely insemination to workload (66%), lack of information (17%), lack of coordination (11%) and negligence (6%). The following problems were mentioned when carrying out artificial insemination: “the application is expensive” (81 %), “oestrus cannot be controlled in time” (16 %) and “the animals are not inseminated in time” (3 %). The diseases mentioned as affecting fertility on the farms were metritis (51 %), dystocia (17 %), placental abnormalities (12 %), ovarian cysts (12 %) and prolapse (3 %). In line with these results, it is recommended to train breeders in artificial insemination and heat detection, to provide technical support and to reduce application costs.