Selma Buyukkilic Beyzi

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at Erciyes University

Bu çalışma, farklı seviyelerde ilave edilen sodyum formatın, mısır silajı kalitesi üzerine etkisini belirlemek amacı ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada kullanılan mısır bitkisinin daneleri hamur olum döneminde iken hasat edilmiş ve yaklaşık 1,5-2,0 cm boyutunda parçalanmıştır. Parçalanan taze materyale %1 ve %2 oranında ilave edilerek silajları yapılmı...

The study was conducted to determine the effects of adding different levels of mealworm (Tenebrio Molitor L.) larvae to alfalfa hay on in vitro gas and methane production. For this purpose, mealworms were added to alfalfa hay at the rate of 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5% of the dry matter. In the study, rumen fluid was obtained from the slaughterhouse (2 healt...

Dietary fat supplementation in the ruminant diet is known to be a good strategy to increase beneficial milk fat compounds such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to compare and combine fish oil (FO) and Schizachyrium microalgae oil (MA) supplementation to t...

Bu çalışmada, buzağılarda efektif mikroorganizma (EM) ve karahindiba ekstraktının (KH) performans [canlı ağırlık (CA), canlı ağırlık artışı (CAA), yemden yararlanma oranı (YYO), vücut ölçüleri], rumen uçucu yağ asitleri (UYA) ve yaşama payı üzerindeki etkilerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada toplam 80 buzağı, ırkları (10 Holstayn, 10 Simen...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of Tenebrio molitor larvae inclusion in diets instead of soybean and fish oil on Japanese quail’s performance, carcass, and meat quality. A total of 180 7-day-old quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) of both sexes were housed in battery packs in a controlled environment room. Chicks were randomly all...

Bu çalışma, farklı seviyelerde ilave edilen sodyum format tuzunun mısır silajının kalitesi üzerine etkisini belirlemek amacı ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada kullanılan mısır, hamur olum döneminde hasat edilmiş, yaklaşık 1,5-2,0 cm boyutunda parçalanmıştır. Parçalanan taze materyale %1 ve %2 düzeyinde sodyum format ilave edilmiş ve 4 tekerrürlü olara...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different mixture ratios of sorghum (S) and cluster bean (CB) on fermentation parameters, nutritional composition, and gas-methane production of mixture silages. Five different mixture ratios (100%S, 75%S+25%CB, 50%S+50CB, 25%S+75%CB and 100%CB) were used in this study. Effects of mixture ratio...

This study aims to determine the nutrients of some green plants and their anti-methanogenic potentials with in vitro gas production techniques. For this purpose, lettuce, purslane, sorrel, parsley, dill, cress, and mint plants were examined. The highest dry matter was found in the dill plant with 21.78% and the lowest in the lettuce plant with 7.24...

Context In recent years, microalgae have been used in the diet to improve the quality of animal products due to their oil content and quality, but determining the optimum dose is very important to prevent some fermentation and economic losses in animal production. Aims The study investigated the effects of microalga (DHA-gold) supplementation in t...

Common reed (Phragmites australis) is growing naturally in wetlands and is not adequately evaluated. The aim of the study was to determine the fermentative, nutritive, and anti-nutritive composition of the common reed and silage. The plant was cut from the reed area is ensiled in 1.5 L anaerobic jars with 10 replicates. The crude protein content of...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of dried mulberry (Morus alba) pulp with high water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) content on the nutrient substance composition, pH and silage acids of alfalfa silage. The alfalfa used in the study was harvested in the 10% flowering period and ensiled by mixing with dried mulberry pulp at different rat...

Chitosan is a biodegradable, antimicrobial, antifungal polysaccharide, thus used as an additive in different industries. Effects of chitosan supplementations on silage quality traits of alfalfa were investigated in the present study. Chitosan was supplemented into alfalfa silages at four different levels: 0% – CONT group; 0.5% – CHTS0.5 group; 1% –...

This study aimed to determine the effects of live yeast (LY) and essential oil (EO) on dairy cattle diets on performance and milk composition traits. A total of 120 multiparous (in 2nd and 3rd lactations) Holstein dairy cows were used and 30 animals were allocated to each treatment group. Treatment groups were as follows: 1) control, (C, without an...

Betaine is an osmoregulatory substance obtained from some natural plant materials such as sugar beet, regulating intracellular biochemical events by attracting water. Due to this important function of betaine in water balance, it may play an important role in maintaining the body water balance of birds under heat stress. On the other hand, since be...

This study was aimed to determine effects of the addition of dry spinach leaves to laying hen diets on performance, egg quality and yolk colour. A total of 40 Lohman white laying hens, 38 weeks old, were allocated to 4 treatment groups, with 10 replicates in individual cages. The treatment groups were as follows: 1) Negative control group (NC, ther...

This study was carried out to determine the effects of lactic acid bacteria+ enzyme (LAB+E) inoculants on the fermentation characteristics and feed values of silages prepared from alfalfa harvested at three maturity stages. Alfalfa was harvested at the early, middle and late flowering stages. Sil-All (Alltech, UK) were used as LAB+E inoculants. Ino...

This experiment was carried out to determine the silage quality of pumpkin waste with wheat straw (S) and alfalfa hay (A). The treatment groups as follows: 1) 100% pumpkin waste (PR), 2) 80%PR and 20% A (PW80+A20), 3) 80%PW and 20%S (PW80+S20), 4) 60%PW and 40%A (PW60+A40), 5) 60%PW and 40%S (PW60+S40), 6) 80%PW+10%A+10%S (PW80+A10+S10) and 7) 60%P...

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementary thyme (Thymus vulgaris) essential oil (TEO) and A, C, and E vitamins on performance, egg quality and some biochemical parameters of laying hens under heat stress (HS). A total of 120 White Leghorn laying hens were randomly distributed into 5 experimental groups with 6 replicates...

The aim of the current study was to determine the feasibility of ensiling pumpkin residues alone and with forage. For this purpose, chemical composition, nutritive values, and in vitro gas production of pumpki residue silages were investigated. Pumpkin residue (PR), maize fodder (M), sugar beet pulp (SBP), and pomegranate pulp (PP) were ensiled alo...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of replacing sunflower seed meal (SM) with isonitrogenous Polistes instabilis (PI) on in vitro methanogenesis, rumen fermentation and nutrient digestibility. The SM was replaced with isonitrogenous PI at 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8% proportions. Treatment groups were as follows: P0 = no replacement of S...

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of fish or palm oil diets with different roughage levels on dairy performance, milk physicochemical composition and apparent transfer efficiency of fatty acids (FA) in goat milk. The experiment was conducted with 40 Aleppo goats with a mean parity of 2.53 ± 0.8 (multiparous), mean initial body weig...

The aim of this study is to determine the nutrient composition of the horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) seed and to determine the differences of these nutrients with some technological processes. For this purpose, the horse chestnut seed was divided into 3 groups as 1) raw, 2) soaking in cold water for 24 hours and 3) autoclaving at 121 °C fo...

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementary thyme (Thymus vulgaris) essential oil (TEO) and A, C, and E vitamins on performance, egg quality and some biochemical parameters of laying hens under heat stress (HS). A total of 120 White Leghorn laying hens were randomly distributed into 5 experimental groups with 6 replicates...

Quality attributes of citrus pulp silages that were ensiled alone and combined with maize silage were determined. Fresh samples of lemon, orange and tangerine pulps, maize plants and their combinations were fermented in glass jars for 90 days at about 20-25 °C. Treatments included i) 100% maize silage as control (MS); ii) 100% lemon pulp silage (LP...

Since nanoparticles (NP) are smaller than 100 nm, they differ in bulk, physical, chemical and biological properties due to their high surface area and energy. Due to these unique properties, it has the potential to be applied in many fields, especially in health, medicine and biomedical fields. In recent years, NPs, which have attracted the attenti...

The primary objective of the present study was to assess the effects of vitamin and mineral premix (VMP) withdrawal from the diets 30 and 60 days ahead of slaughter on carcass and meat quality of Holstein Friesian steers. A total of 45 animals at 16 to 17 months of age were used and the selected animals were divided into three experimental groups:...

This study was carried out to determine potential effects of water deficit and nitrogen treatments on yield components of sorghum sudangrass and nutritional composition, fermentation, organic matter digestibility, gas-methane production of sorghum sudangrass silage. Plants were grown under combinations of three different irrigation levels (I 100 :...

The present study was undertaken (1) to characterize the fatty acid (FA) composition particularly on the concentration of conjugated linoleic acid (2) to investigate of physicochemical properties of Anatolian water buffalo milk, and from six different provinces in Turkey. The fat amount in water buffalo milk samples were in the range of 5.97±0.30%...

Bu çalışma, saz bitkisinin (Phragmites australis) yem değerini belirlemek amacıyla düzenlenmiştir. Bu amaçla, bitki en uygun hasat zamanı tespiti için 3 farklı gelişim döneminde (Haziran ayı içinde 2 hafta aralıkla) hasat edilmiştir. Hasat sonrası bitki kurutulmuş ve öğütülerek kimyasal analizler ile besinsel özellikleri saptanmıştır. Saz bitkisini...

Abstract This study was conducted to determine the effects of raw and heat-treated hempseed (HS, Cannabis sativa L.) on performance, egg quality and antioxidant activity in laying hens. A total of 108 laying hens, aged 36 weeks, were divided into three treatment groups with 12 replicates and each replicate contained three laying hens. The treatmen...

The present study was undertaken (1) to characterize the fatty acid (FA) composition particularly on the concentration of conjugated linoleic acid (2) to investigate of physicochemical properties of Anatolian water buffalo milk, and from six different provinces in Turkey. The fat amount in water buffalo milk samples were in the range of 5.97±0.30%...

This study was carried out to investigate the possibilities of making silage from fruit juice industry waste.For this purpose, orange, lemon and tangerine pulp silage quality have been determined by comparing silage with maize and beet pulp silage.Treatment groups; 1) orange, 2) tangerine, 3) lemon, 4) maize and 5) sugar beet pulp. The silages were...

The present study was conducted to determine the effects of seed sizes on fatty acid composition and oil content, mineral composition and heavy metal contents of oil and seed samples in same cultivar of rapeseed. Seeds were divided into four size groups (D1: <1.4, D2: 1.4–1.7, D3: 1.7–2.0 and D4: >2.00 mm). Oil ratios were determined with a soxhala...

In this study, the effects of fish oil used in the diet on cholesterol level in goat milk were investigated. In the study, 40 Aleppo goats were divided 2 groups, 1) ration containing palm oil, 2) ration containing fish oil. The study consisted of 4 weeks of sampling period followed by 3 weeks of transition period. Milk fat extracts were obtained fr...

Ruminants are clearly separated from other farm animals by a series of digestive processes that occur in the rumen. The resulting digestion in the rumen, which occurs with the ingestion of nutrients and microorganism activity is obtained as yield from animals. However, as a result of these activities, some metabolites are formed and these metabolit...

Hayvansal atıkların gübre olarak kullanılması ve bu atıklardan biyogaz enerjisi üretilmesi günümüzde oldukça yaygınlaşmıştır. Biyogaz fosil kaynaklara alternatif önemli bir yenilenebilir enerji kaynağıdır. Hayvansal atıklardan biyogaz elde edilerek enerji üretilmesi hem atıkların yönetimine hem de ekonomiye önemli oranda katkı sağlamaktadır. Bu çal...

The present experiments were conducted to assess the effects of barley, Lactobacillus bacteria and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and enzyme mixture supplementations on chemical composition and some quality parameters of naturally frosted maize silage. The treatments were as follows; T1: Control (no supplementation, C); T2: barley 20 g kg-1, B20; T3: b...

Seed fatty acid composition and oil content of 61 sorghum genotypes were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) system and genotypes were classified with Biplot analysis. The fatty acid composition of studied plants showed different saturated and unsaturated fatty acid concentrations. The total oil contents in the seeds of sorghum genotypes ranged fro...

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.), is a specific species for Mediterranean region and it is cultivated for several purposes such as medicinal, cooking and cosmetic. Coriander seed oil is widely used in the food, health, cosmetics, soft drinks and chocolate industries all around of the world. Coriander essential oil is also utilised by the humans in...

The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of two different quality roughage (wheat straw and alfalfa hay) supplies on live weight gain, growth, feed intake and feed efficiency of Holstein calves during the preweaning period. With this purpose, 30 male and female Holstein calves were divided into two treatment groups (15 calves in e...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of different energy sources on sorghum silage quality. The sorghum Sudan grass was harvested and chopped then silage additives were mixed and stored in glass jars with 5 replicates for 90 d. The treatments were as follows: Control (C, no additive), 2.5% molasses (M); 2.5% barley grain (B) of fresh ma...

This study was carried out to investigate the possibility of sunflower leftovers after harvest in the field as silage. In order to compare the silage quality, maize crops (MC) and sunflower stalks wastes (SW) were chopped 3 to 5 cm long stalks by shredding machine and were ensiled for 60 days in1 kg capacity vacuum bags. In the study, the pH, dry m...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of live yeast and essential oil addition to diet on performance and milk composition traits in dairy cattle. In the study, a total of 120 Holstein cows, with 2nd and 3rd lactation period were equally distributed into four treatment groups. Treatment groups were as follows; 1) Control, (C, no yeast a...

This experiment was carried out to determine effects of soy oil, marrow oil and antioxidant supplementation to layer diets on performance, egg quality, and serum antioxidant status.

This study was implemented to determine the effect of lactic acid bacterial inoculants as silage additives on fermentation, aerobic stability, and silages. Lalsil Pediococcus acidilactici inoculants. The inoculants were applied to silages at the rates of 5, 10 and 20 mg kg levels. After the treatment, cho The bags were stored at 25±2 °C under labor...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of commercial acid mixtures on silage chemical composition, lactobacillus, yeast and mold in the silages and organic matter digestibility. The treatment groups as follows: (1) Control (C, no additive), (2) formic acid, propionic acid and lignosulphopic acid mixture (1 g/kg, SA, soft acid®), (3...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of Vitex agnus-castus essential oil (VEO) and different vitamin combinations (vitamin A, C and E) on performance and carcass traits of heat stressed broilers. A total of 300 broiler chicks (Ross-308), 21 days old, were divided into 6 groups with 5 replicates. The chicks...

Yeni ve alışık olunmayan yem kaynaklarının hayvan beslemede kullanılabilmesi ile hem ekonomik olabildiği gibi hem de farklı fonksiyonları yerine getirebilen gıda üretilebilmesi her zaman değerlendirilmesi gereken bir potansiyeldir. Ayrıca, insanların sağlıklı beslenmelerinde ihtiyaçları olan hayvansal protein ve omega-3 kaynaklarını yeterli ve deng...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of freezing and supplementation of molasses (M), lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and LAB+enzyme mixture on chemical and nutritional composition of sunflower silage (SF). Sunflower crops were harvested (at about 29.2±1.2% dry matter) and half of fresh sunflower was ensiled alone and other half was frozen...

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of different irrigation levels and nitrogen doses on yield, yield parameters, silage characteristics, digestibility, gas and methane production of corn silage. Three different irrigation levels (50%, 75% and 100% of depleted water) and 3 different nitrogen doses (100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1 N) were ap...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of different silage additives on sunflower silage quality. The treatments were as follows: (1) control (C, no additive), (2) 5% molasses (M) (3) inoculation of lactic acid bacteria (LAB; 1.5 g/ton, a mixture of Lactobacillus plantarum and Enterococcus faecium applied at a rate of 6.00 log10 cfu LAB/...

As a result of banning of antibiotic growth-promoters in poultry diets, researches about the usage of some other alternative feed additives, such as probiotics are ncreased Probiotics are live microorganisms, and being added to animal feed they suppress pathogenic microorganisms , support beneficial bacteria and absorb some toxic secretions origina...

In this study, the effects of dried grape pomace (DGP) supplementation to the japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) diets on performance, carcass and internal organ traits and blood lipid profile were investigated. A total of 375 five-day-old Japanese quails were divided into 5 treatment groups with 5 replications based on their live weight....

ABSTRACT:This study was conducted to determine the effects of diet supplementation of dried distillers’ grain with soluble (DDGS) and yucca (Yucca schidigera) on broiler performance, intestinal viscosity, carcass traits, and marketing. A total of 360, 21-d-old male broiler chickens were divided into 4 groups as 1: Control (C, corn based diet, witho...

Abstract This study was conducted to determine the effect of wet sugar beet pulp (WSBP) ensiled separately or with apple (SBA), lemon (SBL), mandarin (SBM), orange (SBO) and peaches (SBP) pulps at the half rate (50:50) on the silage pH, quality, fleig point, chemical composition, metabolizable energy (ME), net energy lactation (NEL) and organic ma...

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to determine effect of purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) addition to in quail diets on the carcass, serum lipid profile and antioxidant activity. A total of 140 one-day-old quail chicks allocated into 4 treatment group with 5 replicate. The treatment groups as follows: (1) Control (C, no purslane seed addition),...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of hempseed (H) on performance, carcass traits, and antioxidant activity in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). A total of 192 quail with seven-days old were divided into four experimental groups with four replicates. The treatments were; i) Control diet (C, no hempseed); ii) 5% hempseed in...

Abstract When choose feeding applied in poultry breeding birds can adjust their ration and this may be considered in terms of animal welfare and performance and carcass quality improvement. The complete ration costs may be higher than individual feedstuffs. When breeders achieved satisfactory results with choice feeding based on cereals they can ob...

This study was carried out to determine the effect of hempseed (Cannabis sativa sp.) on performance and carcass traits in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). A total of 192 quail 7-days of age were divided into four experimental groups with four replicates in randomized design. The treatments were; (1) Basal diet (control=C); (2) 5% hempse...

This study was carried out to determine the effect of hempseed (Cannabis sativa sp.) on performance and carcass traits in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). A total of 192 quail 7-days of age were divided into four experimental groups with four replicates in randomized design. The treatments were; (1) Basal diet (control=C); (2) 5% hempse...

Breeders have enhanced production traits in livestock herds by selecting superior individuals as progenitors for the next generations. Although results illustrate enhanced production traits achieved through traditional breeding methods, the efficiency of these traditional methods decreases when traits are difficult to measure, have a low heritabili...

The aim of this study is to document the spatial characteristics of a 19 th century Izmir house, which is a modest scaled urban building and composed of a main mass, a service mass and a rear courtyard. With this aim, scaled drawings, photographic documentation, visual analysis, and classification and mapping of the historical spaces and their elem...

Özet Tüketiciler konvansiyonel olarak üretilen hayvansal ürünlere göre organik olarak üretilenlerin zararlı madde içermedikleri ve böylece daha sağlıklı ve kalitesinin daha iyi olduğuna inanmaktadırlar. Bu durum, muhtemelen organik üretimde hayvanları uygun yetiştirme sistemlerinde büyütülmesi, doğal yemlere serbestçe ulaşabilmesine, sentetik yem k...