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The most common diseases in intensive dairy cattle farms in the Mediterranean region


MOJ Ecology & Environmental Sciences
Mustafa Güçlü Sucak,1 Serap Göncü2

Abstract

This study was conducted in an intensive dairy cattle farm with a capacity of 200 lactating cow in the Mediterranean region. In this study, 2-year health records in the farm were systematically analysed. The common diseases seen in the records were determined and the recurrence status and the periods of occurrence were determined. Based on the information obtained from the records of the farm , the most common diseases and the diseases that affect the efficiency of the farm the most were determined and evaluated here. In the results, it was understood that the most common diseases treated in the dairy farming operating in the Mediterranean region in a period of 2 years were mastitis, lameness, reproductive problems and metritis.

Keywords

Mediterranean, intensive, dairy cattle, dairy farm, common, diseases

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