Sheep Movement Reports for the United Kingdom, 2015

Government Digital Service data reports the total number of sheep movements, both electronic and non-electronic, within the United Kingdom from January to December 2015. The dataset is provided in Excel XLS format. As of May 2023, this catalog is no longer updated and has been retired.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal patterns in livestock transport based on monthly movement totals.
• Modeling potential disease transmission pathways based on aggregated movement data.
• Assessing the adoption of electronic versus non-electronic reporting systems for animal tracking.

Strengths

• Data covers a full calendar year (2015), providing a complete annual cycle.
• Distinguishes between electronic and non-electronic movement reporting methods.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Administrative reporting via the Animal Reporting and Movement Service.

Time Range

January 2015 to December 2015

Freshness

Dataset catalog retired as of May 2023; data is historical.

Geography

United Kingdom (implied by eu_open_data platform and service name)