{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-302/annex/division-2/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/302",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/302 of 15 February 2017 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs (notified under document C(2017) 688) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-302",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Definitions for certain animal categories",
  "text": "Term used\nDefinition\nBreeders\nParent stock (males and females) kept to lay eggs for hatching.\nBroilers\nChickens reared for meat production.\nBroiler breeders\nParent stock (males and females) kept to lay eggs for broilers production.\nFarrowing sows\nSows between the perinatal period and the weaning of the piglets.\nFattening pigs\nProduction pigs typically reared from a live weight of 30 kg to slaughter or first service. This category includes growers, finishers and gilts that have not been serviced.\nGestating sows\nPregnant sows, including gilts.\nLaying hens\nGrown female chickens for egg production after 16 to 20 weeks of age.\nMating sows\nSows ready for service and before gestation.\nPig\nAn animal of the porcine species of any age, kept for breeding or fattening.\nPiglets\nPigs from birth to weaning.\nPoultry\nFowl (chickens), turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption, or for restocking supplies of game.\nPullets\nYoung chickens below the age for laying eggs. When reared for egg production a pullet becomes a laying hen when it begins to lay eggs at 16 to 20 weeks of age. When reared for breeding, young female and male chickens are defined as pullets until 20 weeks of age.\nSows\nFemale pigs during the rearing periods of mating, gestating and farrowing.\nWeaners\nYoung pigs reared from weaning until fattening, typically reared from a live weight of around 8 kg to 30 kg.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/302/annex/division/2/division/1",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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