Current Status of Flock Management, Care and Feeding Practices in Fattening Sheep Farms in Karacabey District

Ömer Şengül

Makale detayları

Current Status of Flock Management, Care and Feeding Practices in Fattening Sheep Farms in Karacabey District

Yazarlar:

Ömer Şengül

Yayıncı:

Mevlüt AKÇURA

Ana Başlıklar:

Animal Feeding

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.627-639

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355259

pISSN:

2148-3647

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 This study aims to determine some structural features and breeding practices in fattening sheep farms in Karacabey district of Bursa province and to identify the problems encountered in these issues. The material of the study consists of survey data conducted with the owners of 76 fattening sheep farms in Karacabey district in 2025. In the surveyed farms, in addition to the socio-economic characteristics of the farm owners, breeds of sheep raised in the farms, number of mother sheep, care and feeding of mothers and lambs, feeding methods, lamb production, roughage supply, roughage used, silage production, grazing on pasture, fattening period, marketing and frequently encountered diseases were examined. The vast majority of the sheep raised in the farms were Karacabey Merino and the rate in all businesses was calculated as 79.9. The average ages for disposal of mother rams and sheep in the businesses were found as 4.88 and 6.93 years, respectively. The business owners announced that they obtained an average of 173.75 lambs per year. The mortality rate of lambs from weaning to weaning was determined as 9.11. The average weaning age of the lambs was 3.78 months and the average fattening period applied was determined as 4.82 months. At the end of fattening, the live weight of the lambs was calculated as 48.33 kg. It was determined that 93.5 of the farm owners took their sheep to pasture and 57.9 kept their animals in pasture all year round. The rate of those receiving feed support in the examined farms was determined to be 15.8. The farm owners stated that they saw high feed costs, shepherd problem, high medicine-treatment expenses, roughage problem, insufficient support and pasture problem as the most important problems. As a result, it can be said that there are problems in the examined fattening sheep farming farms regarding the care-feeding, benefiting from feed support, silage production and use, lamb deaths and diseases, and that it is important to carry out studies to solve these problems in terms of the profitability of the farms.

 This study aims to determine some structural features and breeding practices in fattening sheep farms in Karacabey district of Bursa province and to identify the problems encountered in these issues. The material of the study consists of survey data conducted with the owners of 76 fattening sheep farms in Karacabey district in 2025. In the surveyed farms, in addition to the socio-economic characteristics of the farm owners, breeds of sheep raised in the farms, number of mother sheep, care and feeding of mothers and lambs, feeding methods, lamb production, roughage supply, roughage used, silage production, grazing on pasture, fattening period, marketing and frequently encountered diseases were examined. The vast majority of the sheep raised in the farms were Karacabey Merino and the rate in all businesses was calculated as 79.9. The average ages for disposal of mother rams and sheep in the businesses were found as 4.88 and 6.93 years, respectively. The business owners announced that they obtained an average of 173.75 lambs per year. The mortality rate of lambs from weaning to weaning was determined as 9.11. The average weaning age of the lambs was 3.78 months and the average fattening period applied was determined as 4.82 months. At the end of fattening, the live weight of the lambs was calculated as 48.33 kg. It was determined that 93.5 of the farm owners took their sheep to pasture and 57.9 kept their animals in pasture all year round. The rate of those receiving feed support in the examined farms was determined to be 15.8. The farm owners stated that they saw high feed costs, shepherd problem, high medicine-treatment expenses, roughage problem, insufficient support and pasture problem as the most important problems. As a result, it can be said that there are problems in the examined fattening sheep farming farms regarding the care-feeding, benefiting from feed support, silage production and use, lamb deaths and diseases, and that it is important to carry out studies to solve these problems in terms of the profitability of the farms.

 This study aims to determine some structural features and breeding practices in fattening sheep farms in Karacabey district of Bursa province and to identify the problems encountered in these issues. The material of the study consists of survey data conducted with the owners of 76 fattening sheep farms in Karacabey district in 2025. In the surveyed farms, in addition to the socio-economic characteristics of the farm owners, breeds of sheep raised in the farms, number of mother sheep, care and feeding of mothers and lambs, feeding methods, lamb production, roughage supply, roughage used, silage production, grazing on pasture, fattening period, marketing and frequently encountered diseases were examined. The vast majority of the sheep raised in the farms were Karacabey Merino and the rate in all businesses was calculated as 79.9. The average ages for disposal of mother rams and sheep in the businesses were found as 4.88 and 6.93 years, respectively. The business owners announced that they obtained an average of 173.75 lambs per year. The mortality rate of lambs from weaning to weaning was determined as 9.11. The average weaning age of the lambs was 3.78 months and the average fattening period applied was determined as 4.82 months. At the end of fattening, the live weight of the lambs was calculated as 48.33 kg. It was determined that 93.5 of the farm owners took their sheep to pasture and 57.9 kept their animals in pasture all year round. The rate of those receiving feed support in the examined farms was determined to be 15.8. The farm owners stated that they saw high feed costs, shepherd problem, high medicine-treatment expenses, roughage problem, insufficient support and pasture problem as the most important problems. As a result, it can be said that there are problems in the examined fattening sheep farming farms regarding the care-feeding, benefiting from feed support, silage production and use, lamb deaths and diseases, and that it is important to carry out studies to solve these problems in terms of the profitability of the farms.

 This study aims to determine some structural features and breeding practices in fattening sheep farms in Karacabey district of Bursa province and to identify the problems encountered in these issues. The material of the study consists of survey data conducted with the owners of 76 fattening sheep farms in Karacabey district in 2025. In the surveyed farms, in addition to the socio-economic characteristics of the farm owners, breeds of sheep raised in the farms, number of mother sheep, care and feeding of mothers and lambs, feeding methods, lamb production, roughage supply, roughage used, silage production, grazing on pasture, fattening period, marketing and frequently encountered diseases were examined. The vast majority of the sheep raised in the farms were Karacabey Merino and the rate in all businesses was calculated as 79.9. The average ages for disposal of mother rams and sheep in the businesses were found as 4.88 and 6.93 years, respectively. The business owners announced that they obtained an average of 173.75 lambs per year. The mortality rate of lambs from weaning to weaning was determined as 9.11. The average weaning age of the lambs was 3.78 months and the average fattening period applied was determined as 4.82 months. At the end of fattening, the live weight of the lambs was calculated as 48.33 kg. It was determined that 93.5 of the farm owners took their sheep to pasture and 57.9 kept their animals in pasture all year round. The rate of those receiving feed support in the examined farms was determined to be 15.8. The farm owners stated that they saw high feed costs, shepherd problem, high medicine-treatment expenses, roughage problem, insufficient support and pasture problem as the most important problems. As a result, it can be said that there are problems in the examined fattening sheep farming farms regarding the care-feeding, benefiting from feed support, silage production and use, lamb deaths and diseases, and that it is important to carry out studies to solve these problems in terms of the profitability of the farms.

Makale detayları

Current Status of Flock Management, Care and Feeding Practices in Fattening Sheep Farms in Karacabey District

Yazarlar:

Ömer Şengül

Yayıncı:

Mevlüt AKÇURA

Ana Başlıklar:

Animal Feeding

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.627-639

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355259

pISSN:

2148-3647

Karacabey

sheep breeding

farm owners

care-feeding practices

lamb fattening

grazing on pasture

marketing.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ömer Şengül

Yayıncı: Mevlüt AKÇURA

Ana Başlıklar: Animal Feeding

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.627-639

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001355259

pISSN: 2148-3647

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ömer Şengül

Yayıncı:

Mevlüt AKÇURA

Ana Başlıklar:

Animal Feeding

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.627-639

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355259

pISSN:

2148-3647