Summary Report on the Number of Small Livestock in Nationwide Livestock Farms
Summary Report on the Number of Small Livestock in Nationwide Livestock Farms
In the month of Dey in the year 1403, the number of small livestock in livestock farms nationwide was estimated to be 68 million heads*.
According to the results of the survey on “Measuring the Number and Products of Small Livestock” in the month of Dey of the year 1403, the number of sheep and lambs, goats and kids in the nationwide livestock farms was 51.15 and 16.48 million heads, respectively.
Other findings of this survey show that the number of fattened sheep and lambs, and goats and kids in the autumn of the year 1403 was 4039 and 1250 thousand head, respectively, and the number of lambs and goat kids born in the same period was 8537 and 2352 thousand head, respectively.
. It is the Iranian year which usually begins on the day of 21 March of Gregorian calendar. To find the corresponding year of Gregorian calendar, add 621 or 622 (depending on the time of the year) to a solar Hijri year. For example, the corresponding year of the year 1400 in Gregorian calendar is (21 March 2021-20 March 2022).
2. Iranian months and their equivalent in Gregorian calendar
Farvardin (21 March-20 April) Mehr (23 September-22 October)
Ordibehesht (21 April-21 May) Aban (23 October-21 November)
Khordad (22 May-21 June) Azar (22 November-21 December)
Tir (22 June-22 July) Dey (22 December-20 January)
Mordad (23 July-22 August) Bahman (21 January-19 February)
Shahrivar (23 August-22 September) Esfand (20 February-20 March)
* As the census was conducted in the fall of 1403, the concurrent implementation of the Survey on Measuring the Number and Quarterly Products of Small Livestock (cattle and calves) was carried out in Dey 1403.