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Head of ovine and caprine livestock. Provinces

Head of ovine and caprine livestock. Provinces 2018
Sheep Goats
Stud for life Female for life For slaughter Total Stud for life Female for life For slaughter Total
Barcelona 2,626 85,503 44,134 132,263 812 16,047 4,384 21,243
Girona 2,486 70,325 31,668 104,479 515 7,993 2,422 10,930
Lleida 5,093 151,167 56,728 212,988 839 18,579 3,811 23,229
Tarragona 950 31,244 42,408 74,602 770 16,209 2,365 19,344
Total 11,155 338,240 174,938 524,333 2,936 58,828 12,982 74,746
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.

Last update: June 28, 2019.

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 "..".