Animal production and consumption in Switzerland

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A cow in Switzerland.

This article provides information on animal production and consumption in Switzerland.

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Animal production in Switzerland covers livestock numbers (cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep), egg and milk production, and animals slaughtered for meat production.

Animal consumption in Switzerland refers to all animal products, whether locally produced or imported, consumed in Switzerland.

Livestock

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A Simmental cow in Switzerland.

Number of animals raised on farms

In 2012, the number of livestock in Switzerland was as follows: [1]

Livestock density is high in Switzerland. It is more than double the average livestock density in the European Union. There are 1.7 livestock units per ha of usable agricultural area in Switzerland, compared with 0.7 in the EU, 3.6 in the Netherlands, 1.9 in Denmark, 1.1 in Germany, 0.9 in Austria, 0.8 in France and Italy. [2]

Livestock meat production

In 2012, according to the Swiss meat trade association Proviande coopérative, 61,020,200 livestock were slaughtered in Switzerland, distributed as follows: [3]

Wild animals

Number of wild animals in Switzerland

Ungulates
197019801990200020102012
Red deer 11,88020,46821,19523,40228,50430,349
Deer 92,585102,140117,203128,133112,734115,289
Chamois 53,36063,96594,44789,53591,33491,856
Alpine Ibex (1973) 7,08810,20614,45113,78515,55216,645

Hunting in Switzerland

In 2014, Switzerland had 29,864 people authorized to hunt, including 1,337 novice hunters in training. Of these, 14,493 hunters held a hunting license for big game and 10,415 a license for small game. Hunting is controlled by 173 permanent game wardens and 1,507 auxiliaries.

Wild game slaughtered in Switzerland

Hunting chart [4]

197019801990200020102014
Red deer 1611409762416997901610715
Deer 261114395837239422103966440575
Chamois 108211481817976165111331912129
Wild boar 605341496393968785802
Alpine ibex (protected) 0(1981) 471106892310741054
Carnivore
197019801990200020102014
Red fox 199501386933174392082822424093
Badger 15639501812246527642483
Weasel 149528973163264514071217
Pine marten 590371192148127138
various
197019801990200020102014
Brown hare 20097145975618258423981740
Variable hare 235518651526117513351181
Wild rabbit 5916634032860
Alpine marmot 983384567015772078846445

Meat products

Delicatessen

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Delicatessen on a shelf at the market in Lutry.
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Dried meat from the Swiss Alps
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Meat drying in Grisons

Sausages

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Appenzell sausages

Hallauer Schinkenwurst, cooked and smoked sausage, mainly eaten in slices. Hallau and Canton Schaffhausen, Zurich conurbation

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Ajoie sausages

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