Cattle numbers in Ukraine as of October 1, 2018 amounted to almost 3.862 million animals, which is 4.1% less than on the same date in 2017, the State Statistics Service has reported. At the same time, the number of cows by the specified date decreased by 3.5%, to 2.018 million animals.
According to the state service, on October 1, the number of pigs decreased by 4% compared to the same date last year, to 6.463 million animals, sheep and goats by 3.2%, to 1.516 million.
The number of poultry in the country increased by 2.2% compared with October 1, 2017, amounting to 238.816 million birds.
