Table 3.
BTEC coverage of beef cattle, dairy cattle, and the total cattle population in Fiji by division in 2019 and 2020. All data were unique identity.
| Year | Division | No. beef cattle | No. dairy cattle | Total cattle population a | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | BTEC | Coverage (%) | Census | BTEC | Coverage (%) | Census | BTEC | Coverage (%) | ||
| 2019 | Central | 12,924 | 5,235 | 40.5 | 20,093 | 14,163 | 70.5 | 33,017 | 19,350 | 58.6 |
| Western | 40,244 | 4,181 | 10.4 | 22,310 | 650 | 2.9 | 62,554 | 5,201 | 8.3 | |
| Northern | 15,265 | 2,210 | 14.5 | 6,744 | - | 0.0 | 22,009 | 2,269 | 10.3 | |
| Eastern | 1,608 | - | 0.0 | 503 | - | 0.0 | 2,111 | - | 0.0 | |
| Total | 70,041 | 11,626b | 16.6 | 49,650 | 14,813 | 29.8 | 119,691 | 26,820b | 22.4 | |
| 2020 | Central | 12,924 | 5,225 | 40.4 | 20,093 | 14,967 | 74.5 | 33,017 | 20,099 | 60.9 |
| Western | 40,244 | 4,337 | 10.8 | 22,310 | 362 | 1.6 | 62,554 | 4,809 | 7.7 | |
| Northern | 15,265 | 3,611 | 23.7 | 6,744 | - | 0.0 | 22,009 | 3,646 | 16.6 | |
| Eastern | 1,608 | 104 | 6.5 | 503 | - | 0.0 | 2,111 | 104 | 4.9 | |
| Total | 70,041 | 13,277b | 19.0 | 49,650 | 15,329 | 30.9 | 119,691 | 28,658b | 23.9 | |
aThis total includes beef cattle, dairy cattle and a small number of cattle at holding facilities (n = 381 in 2019; n = 52 in 2020). bThis total is the sum of the unique identity animals by division. Animals that moved between divisions in a calendar year and were tested in each division would be counted twice. Thus, these totals are slightly higher than in Tables 2, 4.