Livestock Type

https://publicschema.org/vocab/agri/livestock-type

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Kinds of livestock kept on a farm, grouped following the livestock classification of the FAO World Programme for the Census of Agriculture.

CSV JSON-LD

Standard reference

FAO World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2030 (WCA 2030), Annex 8 Classification of livestock (https://doi.org/10.4060/cd9437en)

Standard codes are WCA 2030 Annex 8 classes. WCA 2020 Annex 6 uses the same classes, except that camels are one class (51) and llamas and alpacas are class 52. Livestock kept on the farm are counted whether or not the farm owns them; bees are counted by hive or colony.

Values

Code Label Standard code Definition
cattle Cattle 11 Domesticated bovines including cows, bulls, oxen, and calves.
buffaloes Buffaloes 12 Domesticated water buffaloes and other buffaloes of all ages.
sheep Sheep 21 Domesticated sheep of all ages.
goats Goats 22 Domesticated goats of all ages.
pigs Pigs 3 Domesticated pigs and swine of all ages.
chickens Chickens 61 Domesticated chickens, hens, roosters, and chicks.
other_poultry Other poultry Domesticated birds other than chickens, including ducks, turkeys, guinea fowl, and geese.
horses Horses 41 Domesticated horses of all ages.
donkeys_mules Donkeys/mules Domesticated donkeys, mules, and hinnies.
camels Camels Domesticated camels (dromedary and Bactrian).
llamas_alpacas Llamas and alpacas 53 Domesticated llamas and alpacas of all ages.
rabbits Rabbits 72 Rabbits and hares raised for meat, fur or other products.
bees Bees 81 Bees kept on the farm, counted by hive or colony.
other_livestock Other livestock Livestock species not covered by the other categories.

System mappings

DHS Recode 7

System vocabulary: DHS Recode7 livestock variables (hv246a-k)

System code System label livestock-type value
hv246a Cattle cattle
hv246b Cows, bulls cattle
hv246c Horses, donkeys, mules horses
hv246c Horses, donkeys, mules donkeys_mules
hv246d Goats goats
hv246e Sheep sheep
hv246f Chickens/poultry chickens
hv246f Chickens/poultry other_poultry

Not covered by DHS Recode 7: pigs, other_livestock, buffaloes, camels, llamas_alpacas, rabbits, bees

Referenced by this vocabulary

See full reference catalogue