Brussels, 07/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to a study recently published by Eurostat, the various herds (bovine, sheep and goats, pigs) in the European Union experienced a fall in 2000. For sheep, goats and pigs, this reduction is confirmed in 2001.
The population of bovines fell 1.3% in 2000, to 81.6 million heads. Which represents a reduction of 1.1 million animals (-1.3%), compared to 1999. At the end of 1999, a reduction of 0.13 million (-0.2%), on average, annually, had already...