Disaggregation of Statistical Livestock Data Using the Entropy Approach

Table 4

The number of livestock estimated for each of the Alentejo’s subregions.

Sub-reg	Animal/year	1993	1995	1997	1999	2003	2005
AL	Cows over 2 years	28268	31141	35006	41437	42275	46558
	Other bovines	21644	25202	21911	29734	36036	35631
	Sheep	179618	180408	181575	200462	185408	165832
	Goats	17372	15101	15929	14918	10777	8314
AA	Cows over 2 years	37397	41563	46753	55957	58030	64842
	Other bovines	27587	32405	28190	38676	47641	47793
	Sheep	304412	308444	309809	345219	323374	291845
	Goats	39252	34429	36343	34420	25274	19780
AC	Cows over 2 years	49929	55082	62253	74023	76205	85054
	Other bovines	39271	45789	40022	54548	66705	66846
	Sheep	421675	424054	426898	471786	437254	392328
	Goats	25420	22124	23458	22061	16071	12555
BA	Cows over 2 years	23052	25764	29119	35162	37077	42378
	Other bovines	18182	21479	18776	25993	32561	33415
	Sheep	445558	454103	457018	513064	486988	447089
	Goats	34769	30672	32535	31097	23226	18603

AL-Alentejo litoral subregion; Alto Alentejo subregion; Alentejo Central subregion; Baixo Alentejo subregion.
(Source: model results).