Research Article

Description of the Cattle and Small Ruminants Trade Network in Senegal and Implication for the Surveillance of Animal Diseases

Table 1

Summary of the characteristics of the data analyzed in the study.

Trade movementsHeadcountNumber of unique links

Species
 Cattle3,18687,017328
 Small ruminants5,675553,718502
Type
 International2,350365,903132
 National6,511274,832458
Means of transport
 Train41702
 Truck8,239608,816552
 On foot58730,35485
 Boat311,3959

The number of movements, the number of animals, and the number of unique links are given for each species, type of trade, and means of transport, respectively.