Release notes

This page lists the improvements made and plots added since the initial release.

• 25.06.2025 - 2025.2
  Cattle holdings by type of use (1 data set).
  Equids deaths by type of use (2 data sets).
  Dogs and cats animal shelters (4 data sets).
  Various improvements and corrections.

• 04.03.2025 - 2025.1
  Deaths of cattle, sheep and goats by age category, sex and type of use (15 data sets).
  Dogs delayed registrations and deaths by user role (2 data sets).
  Various improvements and corrections.

• 19.06.2024 - 2024.2
  Various corrections and improvements.

• 30.01.2024 - 2024.1
  Dogs imports by canton (1 data set).
  Sheep & Goats: Stillbirths by type of use (2 data sets).

• 28.11.2023 - 2023.3
  Cattle traits by breed (7 data sets).
  Various improvements and corrections.

• 30.06.2023 - 2023.2
  Evolution of cows (1 dataset).
  Herd size of cattle by type of use (1 dataset).
  Evolution of dogs by restricted breeds (1 dataset).
  Various improvements and corrections.

• 14.02.2023 - 2023.1
  Maps top 5 names for all species.
  Cats number of keepers by canton (1 dataset).
  Dogs number of keepers by canton (1 dataset).
  Web site new look.
  Various improvements and corrections in the figure texts as well as additions to the glossary.

• 20.10.2022 - 2022.2
  Maps for all animal species orthophoto, agricultural zones boundaries and top5 breeds.
  Equids agricultural zones boundaries and summerings (6 datasets).
  Cats type of run out area (1 dataset).
  Cattle agricultural zones boundaries, births by sex and type of use and summerings (10 datasets).
  Sheep agricultural zones boundaries, births by type of use and summerings (8 datasets).
  Goats agricultural zones boundaries, births by type of use and summerings (8 datasets).
  Various improvements and corrections as well as additions to the glossary.

• 24.05.2022 - 2022.1
  Cats (20 datasets).
  Type of use, size category, type and imports per age class for dogs (4 datasets).
  Type of use for sheep and goats (2 datasets each).
  Sheep and goat traits (4 datasets each).
  Cattle traits (6 datasets).
  Traceability and passports equids (2 datasets).
  Gender-neutral designations.
  Various improvements and corrections as well as additions to the glossary.

• 10.12.2021 - 2021.3
  View per month or per year for all relevant plots.
  Various improvements and corrections.

• 24.09.2021 - 2021.2
  Notifications for the dogs (1 dataset)
  Location changes for ruminants (3 datasets)
  Number of calvings per cow by type of use (1 dataset)
  Equids: Animals with change of ownership (1 dataset)
  Number of owners by equids (1 dataset)
  Various improvements and corrections.

• 07.05.2021 - 2021.1
  Import and exports of equids (12 datasets)
  Equid owners (2 datasets)
  Equids: type of use by equid type (1 dataset)
  Equids: Holdings and herd size (2 datasets)
  Dog keepers (2 datasets)
  Publication of the data on OpenData.swiss.
  Cattle datasets are now starting on 2010-01-01.
  Various improvements and corrections.

• 09.12.2020 - 2020.5
  System summary statistics for the AMD and Amicus for all species (5 datasets)
  Cattle performance traits (7 datasets)
  Slaughters and euthanasia in equids (2 datasets)
  Passports for equids (3 datasets)
  Various improvements and corrections.

• 22.09.2020 - 2020.4
  Data on small ruminants (goats and sheep) is now available
  Definition change: a birth is now defined to be a live birth (see glossary), i.e. the animal lives at least 48h.
  Other new datasets:
  Rate of multiple births for all ruminants (3 datasets)
  Stillbirth rates for all ruminants (7 datasets)
  Various minor bug fixes.

• 09.07.2020 - 2020.3
  Four new datasets are available: juvenile names for cattle and equids.
  Lists are now exportable (.csv) with all breeds and countries, not just those displayed on the corresponding plot.

• 20.04.2020 - 2020.2
  Bugs fixed.
  Totals for the top names lists are available.

• 20.03.2020 - 2020.1
  Initial release