Table 3 Description of on-farm and off-farm movements for different cattle holding types in the Netherlands from July 2001 to December 2004
On-farm movements | Off-farm movements | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Holding type | N | Percentage closed herds in previous 12 months | Percentage of cattle movements off-farm for life trade | Percentage farms with contacts in one month | Degree (No. of different contact farms in one month) | No. Contacts with same farm in one month | No. of animals moved/contact in one month |
Traders | 374 | 0 | 33.7 | 46.9 | 13.8 | 1.2 | 19.9 |
[12.2;14.8] | [1;1.3] | [1.8;29.7] | |||||
Young stock raising farms | 1,140 | 0 | 1.5 | 57.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
[1.4;1.6] | [1;1] | [1;3] | |||||
Beef herds | 3,283 | 0 | 8.6 | 13.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 19.9 |
[1.5;1.6] | [1;1] | [1;24] | |||||
Suckling cow holders | 4,624 | 33.6 | 4.7 | 34 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
[1.6;1.8] | [1;1] | [1;2.8] | |||||
Small-scale farms | 15,310 | 45.5 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
[1.3;1.3] | [1;1] | [1;2] | |||||
Dairy herds | 23,544 | 52.6 | 48.2 | 84 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
[1.7;1.9] | [1; 2] | [1;1.8] | |||||