Yakup Erdal Erturk, Isa Yilmaz Ali Ihsan Erendor and Orhan Yilmaz
Keywords: Ayvacik endangered breed, native breed, genetic resource, horse breeding, socio-economic structure
Abstract: Ayvacik horse is reared in Ayvacik county of Canakkale province and its near which is a small size and solid horse breed. According to data of County Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Ayvacik, there were about 218 horse holders who had 328 horses. Enterprises of 107 of 218 accepted to reply survey queries which were carried out by a face-to-face survey. According to survey results, all of horse holders were male. In addition, horse holders were 95.3% married and the average age was 52.9 years old which were ranged from 21 to 79 years old age. 67.3% of horse holders were graduated from primary school. The average of horse holding was about 23.7% and numbers of horses kept by holders were for one, two, and more than two horses 65.4, 28, and 6.5%, respectively. In this survey study also some data were obtained about Ayvacik horse rearing so that the structure of Ayvacik horse holders were analyzed by using obtained results.
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