Table 1 Number of births registered, and number and percentage of herds where a birth was registered, during 2008, excluding mixed and small (dairy < 20 animals, beef < 10 animals) herds, by province and herd type
Province | Animals | Herds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Number | % | |||||
Beef | Dairy | Total | Beef | Dairy | Total | Beef | Dairy | Total | |
Connaught | 264,141 | 51,439 | 315,580 | 12,316 | 1032 | 13,348 | 22.6 | 1.9 | 24.5 |
Leinster | 300,933 | 254,292 | 555,225 | 9825 | 3908 | 13,733 | 18.0 | 7.2 | 25.2 |
Munster | 304,081 | 621,957 | 926,038 | 11,077 | 10,174 | 21,251 | 20.3 | 18.7 | 39.0 |
Ulster | 106,809 | 73,675 | 180,484 | 4752 | 1381 | 6133 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 11.3 |
Total | 975,964 | 1,001,363 | 1,977,327 | 37,970 | 16,495 | 54,465 | 69.7 | 30.3 | 100.0 |