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Head of ovine and caprine livestock. Provinces

Head of ovine and caprine livestock. Provinces 2019
Sheep Goats
Stud for life Female for life For slaughter Total Stud for life Female for life For slaughter Total
Barcelona 2,648 85,742 39,783 128,173 908 17,370 4,667 22,945
Girona 2,348 67,369 28,006 97,723 577 8,489 2,224 11,290
Lleida 3,767 143,410 50,736 197,913 860 17,927 3,966 22,753
Tarragona 994 29,995 49,692 80,681 773 16,638 2,196 19,607
Total 9,757 326,517 168,217 504,491 3,118 60,424 13,053 76,595
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.

Last update: July 3, 2020.

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 "..".