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Table C20 Number of sheep, goats, pigs and poultry on main holdings by region, June 1997

Sheep

Goats

One year and over

Lambs

Total
sheep

Total
goats

Ewes for
breeding

Rams
for
service

Other sheep

Females
for
breeding

Other

North West:

861,630

26,681

211,786

32,732

906,006

2,038,835

1,981

Shetland

167,629

4,444

39,175

4,944

164,642

380,834

*

Orkney

59,438

2,279

11,562

1,681

76,621

151,581

336

Eileanan an Iar

90,086

3,085

24,976

9,426

82,362

209,935

*

Highland

544,477

16,873

136,073

16,681

582,381

1,296,485

1,285

North East:

NE Scotland

268,999

9,656

51,780

8,032

382,545

721,012

1,678

South East:

1,003,322

30,323

237,003

14,073

1,342,929

2,627,650

2,778

Tayside

321,461

9,231

80,337

4,915

394,549

810,493

398

Fife

38,964

1,248

8,271

1,152

57,920

107,555

388

Lothian

104,762

3,870

24,574

2,330

142,666

278,202

348

Scottish Borders

538,135

15,974

123,821

5,676

747,794

1,431,400

1,644

South West:

1,531,755

45,030

332,706

23,156

1,949,549

3,882,196

2,793

East Central

174,056

5,154

40,309

2,292

199,977

421,788

261

Argyll & Bute

293,675

8,624

72,700

4,131

303,014

682,144

677

Clyde Valley

228,624

6,908

49,609

3,673

300,202

589,016

303

Ayrshire

250,799

7,204

52,189

3,447

339,077

652,716

625

Dumfries

584,601

17,140

117,899

9,613

807,279

1,536,532

927

& Galloway

Scotland

3,665,706

111,690

833,275

77,993

4,581,029

9,269,693

9,230

* means data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings