The lime application resulted in a 40 percent loss in efficiency.

Kayseri Red Meat Producers Association President Ercan Aras said that the foot-and-mouth disease caused a 40 percent loss in meat productivity, stating, "Milk yield decreased by 70 percent." President Ercan Aras expressed that the producer gradually suffered losses due to the foot-and-mouth disease. Ercan Aras said, "You know that the foot-and-mouth disease first entered our country in May. Despite quarantine measures being taken here, unfortunately, the disease first spread to our eastern provinces, then gradually to the Central Anatolia, Marmara Region, and indeed all regions of Turkey. This disease appeared as a very large disease that we have never encountered before, or rather, that people and producers of our age have not encountered. Our ministry accelerated vaccination. Around 4 million doses of vaccine were produced, and vaccination began across Turkey. Vaccination began, but unfortunately, before vaccination, our producers suffered a lot. There were significant losses in ...