This study was undertaken to determine the effects of storage period and egg weight of hatching eggs of Japanese quails on fertility, hatchability results. Eggs were obtained 150 females quails, all at 15 weeks of age. A total of 1942 hatching eggs were separated into 3 groups as light-weight (9.50-10.50 g), medium-weight (10.51-11.50 g), and heavy-weight (11.51-12.50 g). Based on storage period, eggs were divided into 5 groups as group 1 (0-3 days), group 2 (4-6 days), group 3 (7-9 days), group 4 (10-12 days), and group 5 (13-15 days). The influence of storage period on hatchability of fertile eggs and early, middle, and late period embryonic mortality rates was found significant (P<0.01). The effect of egg weight on fertility rate, hatchability of fertile eggs and early embryonic mortality was significant (P<0.05, P<0.01). The significant differences between storage period groups were observed in hatchability of fertile eggs. The differences between egg weight groups for fertility rate, hatchability of fertile eggs and early embryonic mortality was significantly higher in light weight group than the other egg weight groups. Results of this study concluded that a 12 day pre-incubation storage of hatching eggs of Japanese quails did not appreciably affect hatching parameters. Use of medium or heavy weight eggs for hatching may reduce early embryonic mortality rate.

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Elazığ ilindeki işletmelerde koyun varlığının, sürü yapısının ve temel yetiştiricilik faaliyetlerinin durumunu belirlemektir. Araştırmada 167 adet koyunculuk işletmesi değerlendirilmiş, işletmeler ziyaret edilmiş ve yetiştiricilerle yüz yüze anket gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada, işletmelerin %61.7’sinin 7-17 baş koça sahip olması, %83.9’unda dişi tokluların damızlıkta ilk kez 12-17 aylıkken, %100’ünde erkek tokluların ilk kez 1.5-2 yaşındayken aşımda kullanılması, %71.7’sinin damızlıkları kendi işletmesinden sağlaması, %83.7’sinin koçları sürüde kızgınlık süresince tutması, %73.1’inin yeme tuz ve mineral ilavesi yapması, %77.7’sinin kadın ve erkek birlikte sağım yapması, %78.2’sinin sütü peynir yapması olumlu ve yeterli olarak belirlenmiştir. Bunun yanında, işletmelerin ancak %66.1’sında kayıtların tutulması, %90.4’ünde serbest aşım metodunun tercih edilmesi, %89.9’unda kuzulara doğal büyütme uygulanması, yetiştiricilerin %55.7’sinin koyunlarına kaba yem olarak sadece saman vermesi, %44.6’sının ek yemleme yapmaması, %78.4’ünün yemi fabrikalardan temin etmesi, %97.6’sının sağımı elle gerçekleştirmesi ve %89.3’ünün kırkımı makasla yapması ise mevcut olumsuzluklar ve yetersizlikler olarak saptanmıştır. Sonuç olarak, koyun sayısı ve yetiştiricilik imkânları bakımından önemli bir potansiyeli olan Elazığ ilinde, işletmelerdeki yeterli-olumlu yetiştiricilik faaliyetlerinin sürdürülmesi yanında, belirlenmiş yetersizliklerin ve olumsuzlukların giderilmesiyle gelir ve ekonomik kazancın artırılabileceği kanaatine varılmıştır.

Bu çalışmada, evcil dostlarımızdan olan kedilerin mevcut durumu, beslenme şekilleri ve barınma şartları ve kedi sahiplerinin demografik yapıları ile kedilerinin beden dilini anlama seviyelerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma materyalini, Elazığ ilinde yaşayan, pet kliniklerine ve hayvan hastanesine gelen, rastgele belirlenmiş ve gönüllü olarak katılan, yaşları 18-52 (ortalama 29.90) arasında değişen toplam 93 kedi sahibi ile yüz yüze yapılan anket çalışmasından elde edilen veriler oluşturmuştur. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, katılımcıların %51.60’ı erkek, %57.00’si bekar ve %66.70’inin çocuğunun olmadığı, %50.50’si lisans mezunu, %32.30’u öğrenci ve %44.10’unun ise düşük gelirli olduğu, ayrıca %33.30’unun kedisini sokaktan aldığı, %78.50’sinin veteriner hekimden bilgi edindiği, %40.90’ının tatilde iken kedisini yanında götürdüğü ve %44.10’unun kedisini market maması ile beslediği tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların kedi beden dili ile ilgili sorulara %51.24’ü yanlış cevap vermişlerdir. Sonuç olarak, ankete katılan kedi sahiplerinin cinsiyetinin, medeni durumlarının, çocuk sahipliği durumlarının, eğitim ve gelir durumlarının kedilerin beden dilini anlama açısından önemli bir etkisinin olmadığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, kedi sahiplerinin kedilerinin beden dilini anlama konusunda yeterli olmadıkları, bu konuda önemli bir bilgi eksiklikleri olduğu açıkça anlaşılmaktadır. Bu eksikliğin giderilmesi için kedi besleyen kişilerin kedi beden dili hakkında uzman kişilerden eğitim alması gerekmektedir.

The present study was conducted to investigate the milk and dairy product consumption of 361 randomly selected students from Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) through a questionnaire form applied through face-to-face interviews in the province of Samsun in Turkey. The rate of students who were consuming milk was 86.43% (86.14% in females, 86.79% in males, P=0.980), the rate of students who were consuming one glass of milk daily was 92.35% (94.47% in females, 89.61 % in males, P=0.201) and the rate of students who were consuming milk daily was 18.28% (19.80% in females, 16.35% in males, P=0.400). Of the students who do not drink milk, 71.59% (65.77% in females, 78.69% in males, P=0.134) stated that they did not have any reason for not consuming milk, or they did "not have the habit of drinking milk. Packaged milk (UHT, sterilized, pasteurized) was being consumed more (60.23%) than non-packaged milk (39.77%) (P=0.001). Female students (80.30%) and male students (79.74%) were found to prefer dairy products to milk (P=0.896). In conclusion, it was determined that generally, OMU students had a good level of milk and dairy product consumption. However, in particular, students' regular daily milk consumption habits were insufficient. Also, gender was found to influence preferences and consumption habits.

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effects of udder type on milk yield, udder and teat traits, and some physicochemical properties of milk in 54 Awassi ewe aged 3-4 years. In this study, Type-3 udder, which was reported to be prevalent in breeded Awassi ewes. Type-4, Type-5, and Type-6 udders were not detected in ewes. The lactation period, lactation, and the daily average milk yield values were calculated as 208.33 days, 138.59 liters, and 659.49 ml, respectively. The 90th day of lactation measurements were as follows: udder circumference (44.58 ± 0.51 cm), udder width (13.20 ± 0.36 cm), udder depth (17.66 ± 0.58 cm), udder volume (881.25 ± 37.41 ml), teat length-right (3.84 ± 0.15 cm), teat length-left (3.64 ± 0.17 cm), teat diameter-right (2.07 ± 0.14 cm). The values of the physicochemical characteristics of milk generally showed an increase from the beginning to the middle periods of lactation and then decreased. In conclusion, udder type had no significant effect on the lactation period, milk yield, udder and teat characteristics and the physicochemical properties of milk in Awassi ewes. New studies are required in the determination of the yield and other characteristics of ewes in Turkey.

In this study, the larvae acceptance rate and the royal jelly yield in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies supplemented with different industrial sugars at different locations were determined. For this purpose, feeding groups (1. Sucrose group, 2. Glucose group, 3. Bee feed syrup group, 4. Control group) and locations (1. Battalgazi, 2. Doğanşehir) were formed. In queenless colonies that produce royal jelly, in order to sustain 5-15 day-old young feeder worker bees, two sealed frames with brood from support colonies were added. The royal jelly yield was harvested seven times. Based on the location, the feeding groups, and the location x feeding groups interaction, 12600 larvae were grafted, 9054 larvae were accepted, and the larvae acceptance rate was determined as 71.86%. Based on the location, feeding groups and the location x feeding group interaction, the yield per cell was calculated as 213.15 ± 11.53 mg/cell, the yield per colony as 6.88 ± 0.38 g/col./app., and the total yield per colony as 34.40 ± 1.91 g/colony. In the study, no statistically significant difference was determined between feeding with sucrose, bee feed and the supplementary feeding with glucose. On the other hand, it was determined that the location where the royal jelly was produced affected both the larvae acceptance and the royal jelly yield.