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Head of bovine livestock. Provinces

Head of bovine livestock. Provinces 2015
Less than 12 months 12 to 24 months More than 24 months
Slaughter Others Male Female Male Female for milk Female others Total
Barcelona 87,930 6,165 3,224 11,226 1,041 22,490 25,287 157,363
Girona 63,417 6,258 2,627 12,984 2,228 29,112 28,502 145,128
Lleida 208,136 7,065 8,682 13,954 1,194 25,038 26,151 290,219
Tarragona 9,122 81 386 359 257 9 1,316 11,530
Total 368,605 19,569 14,919 38,522 4,720 76,649 81,255 604,239
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.

Last update: July 12, 2016.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The European Union states that member states must hold fixed quarterly statistics on the number of cattle, either through surveys or from quality, contrasted administrative sources.

Until 2011, the technique used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Natural Environment (DAAM) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (MAGRAMA) was a survey of farm owners, but from this year on, it has been agreed that this will be replaced by the use of administrative records, specifically the General Register of Individual Animal Identification (RIIA) and the General Register of Cattle Movement (REMO). This decision is taken jointly throughout the state after finding that the statistical information they provide is of a quality and reliability equal or superior to the surveys. This change in methodology represents significant progress in administrative simplification, cost reduction and significant improvement in the quality of results.

It must be remembered, however, that this methodological improvement causes a break in the time series data, which is larger the more the data is broken down. Therefore, the results for 2011 and earlier that are broken down by categories of animals cannot be compared with those of later years, since the changes observed are due to methodological change and not real differences.

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 "..".