Goat Movement Reports for the United Kingdom in 2015

Goat movement data from January 2015 to December 2015, reporting the total number of movements. The dataset was published by the Government Digital Service and is sourced from the eu_open_data platform, which notes the catalog was retired in May 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze livestock mobility patterns based on reported goat movement totals.
• Model potential disease transmission pathways based on animal movement data.
• Assess compliance with livestock movement reporting regulations based on the aggregated counts.

Strengths

• Data covers a full calendar year (2015) of reported movements.
• Published by a government service, suggesting an official reporting source.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service via eu_open_data platform.

Collection Method

Likely aggregated from official animal movement reports.

Time Range

January 2015 to December 2015.

Freshness

Data is from 2015, and the catalog was retired in 2023.

Geography

Geography is not specified; likely the United Kingdom given the source.