Cattle Death Registrations in Great Britain for 2006

Great Britain cattle death registrations reported to the Rural Payments Agency for the year 2006. The data includes calves dead on registration and cattle born before 1 July 1996 that were registered in 2000. Records have passed initial Cattle Tracing System validation checks.

Use Cases

• Analyze cattle mortality rates based on death registrations reported for 2006.
• Study the registration backlog for older cattle based on records of animals born before 1996 but registered in 2000.
• Validate data quality procedures based on records that have passed initial Cattle Tracing System checks.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific full calendar year from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006.
• Records have passed initial validation checks by the Cattle Tracing System.
• Includes specific categories like calves dead on registration and older cattle with delayed registration.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Rural Payments Agency, reported via the Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Reported death registrations submitted to the Cattle Tracing System.

Time Range

1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006

Freshness

Data is from 2006; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Great Britain