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Metadata on Census of Agriculture and Fisheries

Number of Livestock Holdings/Farms and Number of Heads by Kind of Livestock, Region and Province: Philippines, 2012

Table ID: 2E6CLFH0

Indicator 1 Holding/Farm Reporting with Livestock
Definition An agricultural holding/farm that reported to have tended livestock as of date of enumeration.
Indicator 2 Number of Heads
Definition Livestock, regardless of sex and age, whether tended by the operator/holder himself/herself or anybody under his/her supervision, and whether raised in the holding or in communal grazing lands or other lands, which are not part of the holding were counted in the 2012 CAF. Those livestock and other animals trained for and used solely for heavy labor were also included.
Indicator 3 Livestock
Definition Livestock are domesticated animals with four legs kept or reared in captivity mainly for agricultural purposes. This includes carabao, cattle, sheep, goats, horses and swine.

Kind of Livestock

Cattle is a general term for domesticated bovine animals held as property or raised for use.

Carabao is a local term for water buffalo. It is a domesticated livestock characterized by its heavy built, low and wide body used in farms as draft animal and also suitable for milk production.

Hog/Pig is a domesticated animal characterized by a stout body, short legs with a long mobile snout.

Goat is a domesticated hollow-horned ruminant mammal raised in farms.

Sheep/Lamb is an animal of genus Ovis related to but stockier than goats.

Horse is a large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.

Other livestock includes race horse, rabbit, deer, breeder dogs, and others
Method of Computation / Estimation Procedure See attached:
2012 CAF Special Report on Livestock and Poultry Explanatory Text
Source of Basic Data Census of Agriculture and Fisheries
Source Document/ Agency Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Frequency of Release Every 10 years
Latest Available 2012
Level of Disaggregation National/Regional/Provincial
Contacts Agriculture and Fisheries Census Division
Philippine Statistics Authority
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General Information
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