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Table 1 Mean, standard deviation, range, and sample size for number of rams and breeding ewes, annual production of lambs, ram price, carcass kilogramme price, number of sheepdogs in the farm, and annual cost of a sheepdog obtained from Questions 2, 6, 12, and 13 asked to Brazilian sheep herders during the International Congress of Goat and Sheep Farmers (FEINCO VII), held in São Paulo, Brazil, from 9 to 13 March, 2010

From: The use of sheepdogs in sheep production in southeastern Brazil

Category

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum

Maximum

Sample size

Number of rams and breeding ewes

503.4

597.4

15

2000

28

Annual production of lambs (head)

432.6

554.7

15

2200

27

Ram price (USD$)

1872.67

1896.12

112.42

8431.70

27

Meat/carcass purchase price (USD$/kg)

5.17

1.25

3.93

8.43

23

Number of sheepdogs

3.1

1.4

2

5

14

Annual cost of each sheepdog (USD$)

536.35

332.43

281.06

1236.65

12

  1. The answers were given in Brazilian Real, and the date of currency conversion to US Dollars was 9-3-2010 (BRL 1.00 = USD$ 1.78)