The Effects of Cattle Enterprise Sizes on the Structural Characteristics of Barns in the Northeast Anatolian Region: The Case of Horasan County of Erzurum Province

The objective of this research was to identify the structural characteristics, challenges, and potential solutions for cattle barns in cattle enterprises in the villages of Horasan County, Erzurum Province as well as the relationships between the structural characteristics of the barns and the size of the enterprises (≤20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, and ≥81 heads). To achieve this, a face-to-face survey with 500 cattle breeders from 77 villages was conducted. The analysis group was randomly selected by simple random sampling from 4565 enterprises in Horasan County. The findings of the study indicated that 99.4% of cattle farms had closed barns, while 0.6% had semi-open barns. A statistically significant (P