2005, Cilt 21, Sayı 1-2, Sayfa(lar) 013-018
A Research on the Structural and Technical Situation of the Commercial Layer Enterprises in Aydın
Mehmet Kenan Türkyılmaz, Ahmet Nazlıgül
Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Zootekni Anabilim Dalı, AYDIN
Keywords: Aydın, commercial layer, enterprise
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the structural and the technical properties of commercial layer enterprises in Aydın. While a total of 26 enteiprises were consisted of the material, the share of small (0-10000 hen), medium (10001-20000 hen) and large scale (20001 and over hen) enterprises in total were determined as 23.0 %, 38.5 % and 38.5 %, respectively. It was determined that 66.4 % of total enterprises were in production at least 9 years and 53.8 % of these enterprises employed 1-2 workers, whereas 34.6 % of these workers have no social security. It was found that there was a statistically significant (P= 0.00, P<0.001) and important relationship (Phi = - 0.77, P<0.001) among farm size and pullet procurement. There was statistically significant (P=0.01, P<0.05) relationship (Phi= - 0.52, P<0.01) among the farm size and the cooling system, whereas there were no significant relationships between farm size and forced molting, heating, lighting, ventilation, cage density, manure disposal.
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