Figure 2: Relative frequency of births over the year for cattle from different regions of Turkey. | Scientific Reports

Figure 2: Relative frequency of births over the year for cattle from different regions of Turkey.

From: Mass vaccination, immunity and coverage: modelling population protection against foot-and-mouth disease in Turkish cattle

Figure 2

Taken from month of birth of cattle included in three Anatolian FMD random sero-prevalence surveys (2009, 2010 and 2012), n = 96 249. Coastal regions, except for the mountainous Black Sea region, experience less seasonal temperature variation and had more uniform birth rates throughout the year. Spring/summer calving is common in Central and Eastern Anatolia, where winter temperatures often average below 0 °C.

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