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Production

Phuket province has quite little livestock in the province, with inadequate production for the overall demand. Also, the livestock is not quite successful due to the following factors:

(1) The sources of animal feeds are quite far from the production sites.

(2) The incomes from other careers are more attractive.

(3) Labor costs and living expenses are quite high.

(4) It is hard to find appropriate land areas for livestock, as well as expensive land prices

(5) The limits by legal regulations on environmental issues are the obstacles to livestock increase. Also, the farmers have to face with high investment costs on lands and establishments.

However, there are still some small groups of farmers that maintain their livestock for supplemental incomes and living expense reduction. The livestock could be fowl livestock of about 10-35 ducks/folk hens or chickens, 10-150 pigs/each one person, 3-50 goats for religious ceremony and consumption. The big animals include 1-20 cattle and buffaloes (among small farmer groups) or 150 oxen/cows and buffaloes (for big farmer groups), as well as the dairy cows.

Phuket province maintains various kinds of livestock for sales and consumption such as cattle, buffaloes, ducks, hens/chickens, geese, and goats. The highest amounts of livestock are 524,684 hens/chickens (90.77%), followed by 25,132s pigs (4.35%), 20,222 ducks (3.49%), 3,243 goats (0.56%), 2,906 buffaloes (0.50%), 1,539 cattle, and 274 geese (0.05%).

TABLE 7-1 NUMBER OF LIVESTOCKS BY DISTRICT: 1999
Unit
District	Type of Livestock
District	Cattle	Buffaloes	Ducks	Chicken	Geese	Swines	Goats
Total	1,539	2,906	20,222	524,684	274	25,132	3,243
Muang Phuket	661	643	8,357	204,239	94	7,346	716
Kathu	76	320	2,689	77,413	123	2,230	271
Tahlang	802	1,943	9,176	243,032	57	15,556	2,256
Source: Phuket Provincial Livestock Office.

Livestock Import and Export

During 1999, there was a total of 34,958 imported pigs and 12 exported pigs, followed by:

-     19 imported cows/oxen and 3 exported cows/oxen

-     22 imported buffaloes and 8 exported buffaloes

-     1 imported goat and 24 exported goats

There are no horses imported, but there were 5 exported horses. There were 5 imported elephants, and 22 elephants exported.

TABLE 7-2 NUMBER OF LIVESTOCK TRANSFER IN: YEAR 1999
Month	Swines	Cattalos	Buffaloes	Goats	Horses	Elephants
October	2400	4	-	1	-	-
September	2932	-	-	-	-	-
December	3539	6	14	-	-	2
January	3155	-	-	-	-	1
February	2630	-	-	-	-	-
March	2705	-	-	-	-	2
April	4118	-	7	-	-	-
May	4118	-	-	-	-	-
June	2790	8	-	-	-	-
July	2487	1	1	-	-	-
August	1988	-	-	-	-	-
September	2096	-	-	-	-	-
Total	34958	19	22	1	-	5
Source: Phuket Provincial Livestock Office.

TABLE 7-3 NUMBER OF LIVESTOCKS TRANSFER OUT: YEAR 1999
Month	Swines	Cattalos	Buffaloes	Goats	Horses	Elephants
October	-	-	-	-	-	1
September	-	-	-	-	-	-
December	12	-	1	10	-	-
January	-	-	2	-	2	11
February	-	-	-	-	3	3
March	-	-	-	10	-	-
April	-	-	-	-	-	-
May	-	-	-	-	-	-
June	-	-	-	-	-	4
July	-	-	5	4	-	-
August	-	3	-	-	-	1
September	-	-	-	-	-	2
Total	12	3	8	24	5	22
Source: Phuket Provincial Livestock Office.

Slaughterhouses

There are a total of 3 slaughterhouses in Phuket province, including:

1. Slaughterhouse in the areas of Muang District, located at Sri Suthat road, Soi 2, Thalat Yai Subdistrict, Muang District, Phuket province

2. Slaughterhouse in the areas of Kra Thu District, located at Moo 2, Ban Kra Thu, Kra Thu Subdistrict, Kra Thu District, Phuket province

3. Slaughterhouse in the areas of Thalang District, located at Ban Kai road, Thep Kasatri Subdistrict, Thalang District, Phuket province

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