# 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), Division: Definitions for certain animal categories

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Term used
Definition
Breeders
Parent stock (males and females) kept to lay eggs for hatching.
Broilers
Chickens reared for meat production.
Broiler breeders
Parent stock (males and females) kept to lay eggs for broilers production.
Farrowing sows
Sows between the perinatal period and the weaning of the piglets.
Fattening pigs
Production 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.
Gestating sows
Pregnant sows, including gilts.
Laying hens
Grown female chickens for egg production after 16 to 20 weeks of age.
Mating sows
Sows ready for service and before gestation.
Pig
An animal of the porcine species of any age, kept for breeding or fattening.
Piglets
Pigs from birth to weaning.
Poultry
Fowl (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.
Pullets
Young 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.
Sows
Female pigs during the rearing periods of mating, gestating and farrowing.
Weaners
Young pigs reared from weaning until fattening, typically reared from a live weight of around 8 kg to 30 kg.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/302/annex/division/2/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-302/annex/division-2/division-1
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