Küçükbaş Hayvan Yetiştiriciliğinde Elektronik Tanımlama Sistemlerinin Önemi ve Kullanımı Olanakları

Year 2016, Volume: 57 Issue: 2, 42 - 56, 30.07.2016

Turgay Taşkın , Yavuz Akbaş Mehmet Koyuncu Çağrı Kandemir A. Behiç Tekin Nedim Koşum

Abstract

Hayvanların
doğru ve kalıcı olarak tanımlanması, izleme sistemlerinin temeldir. Radyo
frekansları ile çalışan pasif transponderler kullanılarak hayvanların
elektronik olarak tanımlanması, küçükbaş hayvanların daha kolay izlenmesini sağlamaktadır.
Bu durum, hayvan hareketlerini ve bilgi yönetimini daha kolay hale getirebilir.
Koyun-keçiler için rumen bolüsleri, elektronik kulak numaraları ve enjekte
edilebilen transponderlerin de bulunduğu farklı tanımlama aygıtlarının etkinliği
araştırılmaktadır. Bazı çalışmalarda kullanılan düğme şeklindeki plastik kulak
numarası ve doğru tasarlanmış bolüsler, koyun-keçi ırklarına bağlı olarak
hayvanın performansını ve yasal tanımlamaları yerine getirememektedir. Bununla birlikle,
yetiştiricilere bu konuda bazı öneriler yapabilmek için daha büyük koyun-keçi
sürülerinde farklı tanımlama aygıtlarının performanslarını karşılaştıran
çalışmalara ihtiyaç vardır. Sonuç olarak işletmenin üretim sistemi ve izleme
yönteminin maliyeti, tanımlama sisteminin seçiminde daha önemli nedenlerdir. 

Keywords

Elektronik tanımlama, küçükbaş hayvan, okuma etkinliği, rumen bolüsü

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