Structural characteristics of dairy cattle farms in Oğuzeli county of Gaziantep province

This study was carried out to investigate the structural characteristics of dairy cattle farms in Oğuzeli district. For this purpose, 402 farms were selected from among the 92 districts registered to Turkvet system in the district and selected from 52 businesses that will represent Oguzeli district. The data of the farms were obtained through a face-to-face survey. The data obtained were obtained by using SPSS 21.01 package program. The average age of the operators was determined to be 45.85 years. When the educational level of the operators is examined, it is determined that 26.4% of them are high school and university graduates and 14.9% of them are in the city edge and 68.2% are in the village. 56.9% of the stables used in the farms are under the house, 43.1% are detached, 64.5% of the detached stables are open halfway, 66.8% of the farms are connected with stops and 18.7% are free stalled, 14.5% were found to be free. The presence of animals per farm was determined to be 32,70 head. 95.0% of heifers' first insemination age was between 15-18 months, 81.7% of cows were inseminated 2 months after birth. It was determined that 56.6% of the farms obtained breeding animals from their own farms. It was determined that 98.4% of the milking operators performed breast washing, 59.1% of them gave feed to the animal during milking and 50.8% of the animals gave milk between 16-20 kg daily. It was determined that 50.0% of the farms purchased roughage, 88.4% of the operators bought the concentrate feed from the dealers, and 75.5% of them used calf growing feed. 71.7% of the farms were treated with alum-brucella vaccine, 79.9% were parasites, 23.9% of the farms had screeds, 23.6% had mastitis and 92.3% had veterinary diseases service. 83.3% of the fattening farms are satisfied with fattening, 50.0% of the number of livestock that can make livelihood is 16-30, 65.8% of the daily live weight increase in the range of 1000-1300 gr, At the end of fattening, it was determined that 79% of the animal was evaluated in the combination.