Regulation 3
SCHEDULE 3Birds
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Procedure | Purpose |
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Micro chipping | Identification |
Beak trimming of poultry | Flock welfare |
Conditions— | |
1) Beak trimming of poultry may only be performed to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism and, in relation to laying hens kept on holdings of 350 or more and meat chickens kept on holdings of 500 or more, when the animals are less than 10 days old. | |
2) Beak trimming of laying hens kept on holdings of 350 or more may only be performed using the infra-red procedure. | |
3) In an emergency, to control an outbreak of feather pecking or cannibalism in laying hens, conditions 1 and 2 do not apply. | |
4) Beak trimming of meat chickens may only be carried out, after consultation with and on the advice of a veterinary surgeon, by qualified staff, and where other measures to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism are exhausted. | |
De-snooding | General animal management |
Cutting of the toes of poultry other than laying hens and meat chickens | General animal management |
Dubbing of domestic fowl other than laying hens and meat chickens | General animal management |
Pinioning of birds other than poultry | General animal management |
Laparoscopy | General animal management |
Castration, ovidectomy and vasectomy of a bird other than poultry | Controlling reproduction or general animal management, as part of a conservation programme |
Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive into a bird other than poultry | Controlling reproduction or general animal management, as part of a conservation programme |
Wing tagging | Identification of— |
1) poultry in connection with breeding or testing for the presence of disease; or | |
2) a bird other than poultry in connection with conservation or research | |
Web tagging | Identification of— |
1) poultry in connection with breeding or testing for the presence of disease; or | |
2) a bird other than poultry in connection with conservation or research |