From: Spatial analysis and characteristics of pig farming in Thailand
Groups | Sub-groups | Total number | Scales | ||||||||||
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<5 | 5–50 | 50–500 | 500–5000 | >5000 | |||||||||
Head | Farm | Head | Farm | Head | Farm | Head | Farm | Head | Farm | Head | Farm | ||
Pig types | All pigs | 8,346,614 | 199,992 | 285,932 | 112,673 | 1,214,288 | 77,366 | 1,250,106 | 7736 | 2,412,105 | 2004 | 3,184,183 | 213 |
Native pigs | 681,463 | 95,328 | 172,988 | 68,540 | 342,745 | 26,122 | 63,966 | 626 | 47,133 | 35 | 54,631 | 5 | |
Breeding pigs | 2,517,651 | 83,502 | 108,957 | 48,443 | 490,224 | 31,533 | 421,327 | 2965 | 670,792 | 489 | 826,351 | 72 | |
Fattening pigs | 5,147,500 | 56,884 | 66,397 | 23,027 | 468,176 | 28,610 | 758,085 | 3491 | 1,941,515 | 1629 | 1,913,327 | 127 | |
Farming systems* | Farrow-to-finish | 2,074,423 | 3731 | 145 | 31 | 45,932 | 1613 | 229,119 | 1654 | 526,654 | 343 | 1,272,573 | 90 |
Nursery | 590,136 | 6119 | 2969 | 708 | 77,941 | 4564 | 104,334 | 682 | 173,181 | 146 | 231,711 | 19 | |
Finishing | 3,063,122 | 34,942 | 49,481 | 17,555 | 217,052 | 14,020 | 548,364 | 2009 | 1,381,166 | 1,302 | 867,059 | 56 |