A hut in which a sow gives birth to and suckles her piglets.

An enclosure in which a sow is kept to give birth to and suckle her piglets and in which she has freedom of movement within the pen.

When an animal is being managed to be ready for slaughter and is laying down fat as well as muscle as it grows.

There is benign feather pecking, which may be part of the process of establishing a pecking order within the flock and should not be of major concern, and there is…

Animals being raised for meat which have been weaned but are not yet in the fattening period. (See also store animal.)

Troughs usually constructed of concrete or wood that can be used to hold feed for cattle.

Using an instrument to introduce semen collected from a male into a female for the purposes of animal breeding.

Any behavior considered to be outside the normal behavior pattern for animals within a particular context, class and age.

Removing all or part of the bird beak, normally practiced to avoid birds pecking each other as a result of overcrowding or other production stresses. This is prohibited under AGW…

Perch or rail in front of the nest box that allows the bird easy access to the box.