Table 1 Area travelled and number of farms visited per week by geographic region
From: Patterns of between-farm contacts via professionals in Sweden
Västerbotten | Södermanland | Västergötland | Skåne | Jämtland | Västmanland | Halland | ||||||||||||||||
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Mean | Median | Range | Mean | Median | Range | Mean | Median | Range | Mean | Median | Range | Mean | Median | Range | Mean | Median | Range | Mean | Median | Range | ||
Veterinarians | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Area (km2) | 1637 | 1376 | 220-3208 | 457 | 415 | 65-1021 | 1366 | 1234 | 318-2666 | 4261 | 4861 | 59-8981 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Number of farms | 14 | 12 | 9-23 | 6 | 6 | 3-11 | 24 | 17 | 7-55 | 9 | 8 | 1-17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Ratio, area/number of farms | 117 | 76 | 57 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Milk tankers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Area (km2) | 17842 | 19585 | 11518-23512 | 3674 | 2170 | 2170-5679 | 3066 | 3066 | NA | 1683 | 1101 | 717-5074 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Number of farms | 45 | 44 | 30-66 | 61 | 63 | 57-64 | 89 | 89 | 88-90 | 48 | 47 | 23-84 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Ratio, area/number of farms | 396 | 60 | 34 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Artificial inseminators | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Area (km2) | 5001 | 5307 | 2356-6874 | 2892 | 3013 | 1044-4661 | 2587 | 2521 | 1495-4018 | 1660 | 1481 | 745-2821 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Number of farms | 13 | 12 | 7-18 | 20 | 20 | 14-28 | 38 | 39 | 22-49 | 21 | 21 | 11-29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Ratio, area/number of farms | 385 | 145 | 66 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Dairy service technicians | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Area (km2) | 1116 | 1233 | 63-1936 | 1730 | 1679 | 1235-2327 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Number of farms | 4 | 5 | 2-5 | 6 | 7 | 4-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Ratio, area/number of farms | 279 | 288 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Livestock hauliers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Area (km2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21331 | 16457 | 4275-48134 | NA | NA | NA | 3568 | 3621 | 1567-5517 | NA | NA | NA | 9748 | 11925 | 155-18715 | |
Number of farms | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 19 | 18-22 | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 11 | 9-12 | 1 | 1 | NA | 12 | 15 | 4-18 | |
Ratio, area/number of farms | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1067 | NA | NA | NA | 324 | NA | NA | NA | 812 | |||||||