Research, Policy and Practice
 | Overall (n = 211) | Owner-managers (n = 121) | Absentee-owners (n = 90) | Mann-Whitney U test (p value) |
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Means ± SD | ||||
Cattle (n) | 5.3 ± 4.12 | 4.8 ± 3.70 | 6.1 ± 4.53 | 0.040 |
Sheep (n) | 3.1 ± 5.38 | 2.8 ± 5.26 | 3.5 ± 5.54 | 0.062 |
Goats (n) | 3.6 ± 3.80 | 2.6 ± 3.18 | 4.9 ± 4.15 | 0.001 |
Pig (n) | 1.5 ± 2.47 | 1.1 ± 1.70 | 2.2 ± 3.13 | 0.002 |
Total livestock (TLUa) | 5.2 ± 3.56 | 4.6 ± 3.19 | 6.1 ± 3.83 | 0.001 |