TY - JOUR T1 - Farmers’ Beliefs about Using Mobile Devices for Livestock Management: Case of Turkey AU - Tanrikulu, Zuhal AU - Ozturan, Meltem JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 11 IS - 10 SP - 1546 EP - 1551 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2012.1546.1551 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.1546.1551 KW - Livestock management KW -beliefs KW -farmers KW -e-Livestock KW -information technology KW -Turkey AB - Due to the increase in use of information technology in various sectors, beliefs about using this technology, especially mobile devices have become an important issue for acceptance of e-Livestock Systems. The main objectives of this study are to explore Turkish farmers’ beliefs about using mobile devices for livestock management and to seek whether there are relationships between farmers’ and their employed farms characteristics and these beliefs. Results indicate that beliefs of Turkish farmers about using mobile devices for livestock management are mostly favorable except employee related issues and these beliefs show differences between age groups, education levels, income levels and computer user and non-user groups of farmers. However, no differences are seen between farmers’ employed farm characteristics. ER -