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

Pigs

Female
breeding
pigs

Barren
sows for
fattening

Gilts 50kg
& over for
breeding

Boars for
service

Other pigs

Total
pigs

20kg
and
over

Under 20kg

North West:

4,407

26

423

381

13,498

12,216

30,951

Shetland

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

Orkney

70

*

*

11

308

159

568

Eileanan an Iar

*

0

*

*

*

*

*

Highland

4,318

18

409

366

13,180

12,019

30,310

North East:

NE Scotland

38,841

283

4,367

2,305

213,247

103,192

362,235

South East:

22,413

223

2,760

1,163

116,382

64,132

207,073

Tayside

8,465

73

1,420

517

43,270

25,119

78,864

Fife

3,757

46

277

171

20,226

7,427

31,904

Lothian

8,033

91

871

361

41,844

25,782

76,982

Scottish Borders

2,158

13

192

114

11,042

5,804

19,323

South West:

3,705

140

454

216

27,240

9,431

41,186

East Central

407

*

*

19

*

1,060

*

Argyll & Bute

129

*

22

15

*

*

*

Clyde Valley

1,140

31

177

88

8,543

3,325

13,304

Ayrshire

391

*

*

26

1,316

650

2,447

Dumfries & Galloway

1,638

*

180

68

15,110

*

21,205

Scotland

69,366

672

8,004

4,065

370,367

188,971

641,445

Poultry

Fowls
for
producing
eggs

Fowls
for
breeding

Broilers
and other
table fowls
and other
poultry

Total
poultry

North West:

44,324

1,260

251,305

296,889

Shetland

2,339

137

772

3,248

Orkney

5,324

366

2,390

8,080

Eileanan an Iar

1,961

169

183

2,313

Highland

34,700

588

247,960

283,248

North East:

NE Scotland

318,633

75,876

1,688,679

2,083,188

South East:

2,197,749

759,267

6,692,593

9,649,609

Tayside

100,289

274,012

3,294,926

3,669,227

Fife

*

266,477

*

2,590,167

Lothian

116,744

156,202

2,290,128

2,563,074

Scottish Borders

*

62,576

*

827,141

South West:

422,483

500,493

1,725,154

2,648,130

East Central

*

93,909

*

760,069

Argyll & Bute

9,889

365

930

11,184

Clyde Valley

*

130,681

*

309,954

Ayrshire

*

89,474

*

618,857

Dumfries & Galloway

*

186,064

*

948,066

Scotland

2,983,189

1,336,896

10,357,731

14,677,816

* means data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings