Cattle livestock in Ukraine as of December 1, 2019 amounted to 3.38 million animals, which is 5.7% down on the same date in 2018, the State Statistics Service has reported.
The number of cows by this date also decreased 5.1%, to 1.86 million head.
According to the State Statistics Service, the number of pigs as of December 1, 2019, fell by 4.4%, to 6.02 million animals, the number of sheep and goats declined by 3.6%, to 1.35 million animals compared to the same period of 2018.
The number of poultry in the country compared with December 1, 2018, increased 4.3%, to 232.18 million birds.