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. 2013 Sep 16;9:184. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-184

Table 2.

Visitors’ animal ownership

 
 
 
Visitors' livestock ownership (n is numer of occasions, and percentage is in relation to number of occasions when ownersip was reported)
Type of visitor
Reported occasions of visita(total)
Occasion of visits where information on visiors' livestock ownership was reported
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep
Goats
No livestock
Unknown to reporting farmer
      n % n % n % n % n % n %
Field trip
103
68
12
17.6
2
2.9
1
1.5
1
1.5
37
54.4
16
23.5
Bed & breakfast guest
60
60
2
3.3
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
47
78.3
11
18.3
Customer in farm shop
252
212
14
6.6
2
0.9
19
9.0
9
4.2
35
16.5
145
68.4
Neighbour
1413
1268
413
32.6
102
8.0
131
10.3
3
0.2
772
60.9
19
1.5
Other non-professional 2371 2088 185 8.9 66 3.2 80 3.8 14 0.7 1629 78.0 258 12.4

aThe numbers represent occasions of visits and not the number of visitors due to the way data was reported. One occasion can represent one or more visitors.

Reported livestock ownership for non-professionals visiting Swedish livestock farms. Data represent 1,315 two-week periods (18,416 days) recorded by 482 farmers.