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Head of ovine and caprine livestock. Provinces

Head of ovine and caprine livestock. Provinces 2008
Sheep Goats
Stud for life Female for life For slaughter Total Stud for life Female for life For slaughter Total
Barcelona 3,276 136,150 60,770 200,196 657 13,628 4,411 18,696
Girona 3,298 112,676 33,709 149,683 1,369 14,596 1,909 17,874
Lleida 4,333 223,664 62,934 290,931 913 18,976 2,646 22,535
Tarragona 2,135 71,164 34,732 108,031 1,245 31,744 6,980 39,969
Total 13,042 543,654 192,145 748,841 4,184 78,944 15,946 99,074
Source: Departament d'Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural. Effective livestock survey.

Last update: May 3, 2010.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

EU member states must carry out annual livestock surveys to determine the number of cattle and type by age and productive states.

Livestock surveys aimed at quantifying the number of pigs, sheep and goats present on Catalan farms in two specific reference periods. In sheep and goats, information on milk production and its destination is also gathered. Regulation 1165/2008 states that two yearly surveys into pig production will be carried out, the first in May and the second in November. For sheep and goats, one annual survey is to be carried out into the two species together during the month of November. The population scope includes all pig, sheep and goat production within the territory of Catalonia and recorded as active in the registry of farms of the DAAM.

The body responsible for the management, implementation, review and dissemination of the results of the Survey of Livestock in Catalonia is the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment (DAAM). This statistical operation is to be carried out in accordance with the rules established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) for all autonomous communities in the Spanish State.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".