%0 Journal Article %T The Research on the Determination of Structural Properties of Poultry Houses and Improvement Facilities in Karaman %A I. Kocaman %J Journal of Tekirdag Agricultural Faculty %D 2010 %I Tekirdag Agricultural Faculty %X Effective production from the poultry not only depends on looking after, feeding and breeding but also on optimal housing to provide particularly healthy infrastructural and climatic environmental conditions beside the physiological features of the animals.This research was conducted in order to determination the infrastructural state of poultry houses in Karaman Central Town and to obtain practical solutions to the problems faced.The investigation and observation in the region showed that climatic conditions of the region and technical design criteria in the settling of poultry houses, in the orders of material selections and dimensioning structural elements were not taken carefully taken into consideration. On the other hand, floor design and equipment in the houses were found to fulfil the requirements sufficiently. %K Laying hens %K poultry houses %K structural elements %K environmental conditions %U http://jotaf.nku.edu.tr/makaleler/7210.pdf