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Category | Definition of the animal category | Approximate duration period (weight/age) | Minimum duration of long term efficacy studies | ||
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Period/age | Age | Weight | |||
Piglets (suckling) | Young porcine animals getting milk from sows | From birth | Up to 21-42 days | Up to 6-11 kg | 14 days |
Piglets (weaned) | Young porcine animals having completed the suckling period and being reared for reproduction or meat production | From 21-42 days | Up to 120 days | Up to 35 kg | 42 days |
Piglets (suckling and weaned piglets) | Young porcine animal from birth being reared for reproduction or meat production purposes | From birth | Up to 120 days | Up to 35 kg | 58 days |
Pigs for fattening | Porcine animals having completed the weaning period and intended for meat production until day of transport to slaughterhouse | From 60-120 days | Up to 120-250 days (or according to local custom) | 80-150 kg (or according to local custom) | Until slaughter weight, but not less than 70 days |
Sows for reproduction | Female porcine animals having been inseminated/mated at least once | From first insemination | From insemination to the end of the second weaning period (two cycles) | ||
Sows, in order to have benefit in piglets | Female porcine animals having been inseminated/mated at least once | At least two weeks before the parturition until the end of weaning period |
Category | Definition of the animal category | Approximate duration period (weight/age) | Minimum duration of long term studies for efficacy | ||
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Period | Age | Weight | |||
Chickens for fattening | Birds raised for fattening | From hatching | Up to 35 days | Up to ~1 600 g(up to 2 kg) | 35 days |
Chickens reared for laying | Female birds being reared for consumer egg production or for breeding purposes | From hatching | Up to ~16 weeks (up to 20 weeks) | — | 112 days (if the efficacy data are not available for chickens for fattening) |
Laying hens | Productive female birds held for egg production purposes | From 16-21 weeks | Up to ~13 months (up to 18 months) | From 1 200 g (white) 1 400 g (brown) | 168 days |
Turkeys for fattening | Birds raised for fattening | From hatching | Up to ~14 weeks (up to 20 weeks) Up to ~16 weeks (up to 24 weeks) | Hens: up to ~7 000 g (up to 10 000 g) Cocks: up to ~12 000 g (up to 20 000 g) | 84 days |
Turkeys for breeding purposes | Female and male birds held for breeding purposes | Whole period | From 30 weeks up to ~ 60 weeks | Hens: from ~15 000 g Cocks: from ~30 000 g | At least six months |
Turkeys reared for breeding | Young female and male birds reared for breeding purposes | From hatching | Up to 30 weeks | Hens: up to ~15 000 g Cocks: up to ~30 000 g | Whole period (if the efficacy data are not available for turkeys for fattening) |
Category | Definition of the animal category | Approximate duration period (weight/age) | Minimum duration of long term studies for efficacy | ||
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Period | Age | Weight | |||
Calves for rearing | Calves which are reared for reproduction or for beef production | From birth | Up to 4 months | Up to 60-80 kg up to 145 kg) | 56 days |
Calves for fattening | Calves for veal production | From birth | Up to 6 months | Up to 180 kg (up to 250 kg) | Until slaughter but not less than 84 days |
Cattle for fattening | Bovine animals that have completed the weaning period and are destined for meat production until day of transport to slaughterhouse | From full development of rumination | Up to 10-36 months | Up to 350-700 kg | 168 days |
Dairy cows for milk production | Female bovine animals that have produced at least one calf. | 84 days (total lactation period shall be reported) | |||
Cows for reproduction | Female bovine animals that have been inseminated/mated at least once | From first insemination to the end of second weaning period | Two cycles (if the reproduction parameters are requested) |
Category | Definition of the animal category | Approximate duration period (weight/age) | Minimum duration of long term studies for efficacy | ||
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Period | Age | Weight | |||
Lambs for rearing | Lambs reared for future reproduction | From birth | Up to 3 months | 15-20 kg | 56 days |
Lambs for fattening | Lambs that are reared for lamb meat production. | From birth | Up to 6 months (or older) | up to 55 kg | Until slaughter weight but not less than 56 days |
Dairy sheep (for milk production) | Sheep that have produced at least one lamb | 84 days (total lactation period shall be reported) | |||
Ewes for reproduction | Female sheep that have been inseminated/mated at least once | From first insemination to the end of second weaning period | Two cycles (if the reproduction parameters are requested) |
Category | Definition of the animal category | Approximate duration period (weight/age) | Minimum duration of long term studies for efficacy | ||
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Period | Age | Weight | |||
Kids for rearing | Young goats reared for future reproduction | From birth | Up to 3 months | 15-20 kg | At least 56 |
Kids for fattening | Young goats that are reared for goat meat production | From birth | Up to 6 months | At least 56 days | |
Dairy goats (for milk production) | Goats that have produced at least one kid | 84 days (total lactation period shall be reported) | |||
Goats for reproduction | Female goats that have been inseminated/mated at least once | From first insemination to the end of second weaning period | Two cycles (if the reproduction parameters are requested) |
Category | Definition of the animal category | Approximate duration period (weight/age) | Minimum duration of long term studies for efficacy | ||
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Period | Age | Weight | |||
Salmon and trout | 200-300 g | 90 days or until initial body weight is doubled. | |||
Salmon and trout | Brood stock | As close to the spawning period as possible | 90 days |
Category | Definition of the animal category | Approximate duration period (weight/age) | Minimum duration of long term studies for efficacy | ||
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Period | Age | Weight | |||
Rabbits suckling and weaned | Beginning one week after birth | 56 days | |||
Rabbits for fattening | Rabbits that are reared for meat production | After weaning period | Up to 8-11 weeks | 42 days | |
Breeding does (for reproduction) | Does, that have been inseminated/mated at least once | From the insemination to the end of the second weaning period | Two cycles (if the reproduction parameters are requested). | ||
Breeding does (in order to have benefits to young rabbits) | Does, that have been inseminated at least once | From first insemination | At least 2 weeks before parturition until the end of the weaning period (e.g. for micro-organism product) |
Category | Definition of the animal category | Approximate duration period (weight/age) | Minimum duration of long term studies for efficacy | ||
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Period | Age | Weight | |||
Horses | All categories | 56 days |