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Cattle and hog numbers in Ukraine decreased
As of December 1, 2004 the number of cattle, kept by all categories of Ukrainian cattle breeders, dropped 9.8 percent from the figure of year ago - to 7.4 million heads, State Statistics Committee informed.
The number of cows dropped 6.3 percent from December 1, 2003 - to 4.16 million heads.
The number of pigs, kept by all categories of animal breeders, as of December 1, 2004 was 7.13 million heads, which is 11.4 percent less than year ago.
The number of poultry increased 7.6 percent from early December of 2003 - to 165.16 million heads. The number of sheep an goats deceased 6 percent from last year - to 1.87 million heads.