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Livestock unit coefficients

Source: R/datasets.R
liv_lu_coefs.Rd

Provides livestock unit (LU) conversion factors per head for each animal class, used to express heterogeneous livestock populations in comparable units.

Usage

liv_lu_coefs

Format

A tibble where each row corresponds to one animal class. It contains the following columns:

  • Animal_class: Animal class identifier (e.g., "Dairy_cows", "Cattle", "Sheep_goats", "Broilers", "Hens", "Pigs").

  • LU_head: Livestock units per head (numeric). Dairy cows have a value of 1.0 by convention; smaller animals have proportionally lower values.

Source

Based on standard livestock unit definitions from FAO and European agricultural statistics.

Examples

head(liv_lu_coefs)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 2
#>   Animal_class LU_head
#>   <chr>          <dbl>
#> 1 Dairy_cows       1  
#> 2 Cattle           0.8
#> 3 Sheep_goats      0.1
#> 4 Equines          0.8
#> 5 Pigs             0.3
#> 6 Hogs             0.5