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. 2012 Jul 31;65(1):16. doi: 10.1186/2046-0481-65-16

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
 
 
 
 
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