Table 1 The median and interquartile range of livestock units (LSU) being transported within the Europe Union for different purposes, the density and transitivity of each transport network

Cattle breeding

207 (34–947.5)

0.35

0.64

Cattle fattening

1267 (203–8283)

0.23

0.56

Cattle slaughter

647 (138.8-5381)

0.13

0.56

Cattle other

15 (3–115.5)

0.08

0.28

Pig breeding

86.5 (10–964)

0.24

0.62

Pig fattening

1762 (227.1-8923)

0.13

0.58

Pig slaughter

1433 (175.5-12260)

0.17

0.62

Pig other

7.8 (0.6-41.4)

0.06

0.36

Sheep breeding

6.1 (1.25-26.05)

0.16

0.47

Sheep fattening

130.7 (30–589.4)

0.11

0.44

Sheep slaughter

113.2 (32.33-564.2)

0.11

0.44

Sheep other

5.3 (0.35-46.75)

0.05

0.22

Goat breeding

1.8 (0.4-8.2)

0.09

0.34

Goat fattening

20.7 (3.25-53)

0.03

0.18

Goat slaughter

31.2 (5.1-255.2)

0.03

0.30

Goat other

0.4 (0.22-2.875)

0.03

0.25

Poultry breeding

2152 (376.6-13760)

0.24

0.55

Poultry slaughter

2645 (549.9-26530)

0.1

0.43

Poultry other

1570 (303.3-7353)

0.2

0.50

Equine breeding

4.4 (1.6-21)

0.17

0.49

Equine registered

9.6 (2.8-39.6)

0.45

0.67

Equine slaughter

145.6 (8.4-458)

0.05

0.31

Equine other

7.2 (1.6-37.2)

0.21

0.58