Table 9 Monthly totals of horses slaughtered for human consumption at all Irish abattoirs January to December, 2010 to 2012 – based on IEC samples for equine Trichinella testing data
Month | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
January | 193 | 974 | 1956 |
February | 549 | 1338 | 2056 |
March | 424 | 2077 | 1953 |
April | 406 | 1685 | 1404 |
May | 503 | 1206 | 1752 |
June | 483 | 1483 | 1647 |
July | 537 | 1082 | 1547 |
August | 736 | 669 | 1735 |
September | 1,252 | 1810 | 1894 |
October | 1,550 | 1442 | 3056 |
November | 1,270 | 2093 | 3322 |
December | 653 | 707 | 1731 |
TOTAL | 8,556 | 16,566 | 24,053 |