According to the State Statistics Service, on September 1, 2018 there were 3 million 927.2 thousand heads of cattle in Ukraine, 4.3% less than a year earlier (4 million 103.4 thousand heads), agronews.ua reported.
Including the number of cows in Ukraine for the year decreased by 3.4% from 2 million 100.3 thousand heads to 2 million 26.6 thousand heads.
In addition, the number of pigs in Ukraine decreased by 4.5% - from 6 million 779.0 thousand to 6 477.1 thousand.
Also in Ukraine, there are 1 566.8 sheep and goats, which is 4.4% less than a year ago.
At the same time, the number of poultry increased by 2.8% from 238 million 689.7 thousand to 245 million 450.8 thousand.