Animal Unit definition

Animal Unit means a unit of measure used to compare differences in the production of animal manure and set forth in Minn. R. 7020.0300, subp. 5.
Animal Unit means the same as defined in section 459.102.
Animal Unit. Means a unit of measure to determine the total number of single animal types as referenced in NR 243.03(5) and as provided in NR 243.05 of the Wis. Admin. Code, or any amendments thereto.

Examples of Animal Unit in a sentence

  • In general, an average rating of the range land within this area is 6 acres per Animal Unit Month (AUM).

  • In general, an average rating of the range land within this area is six acres/AUM (Animal Unit Months).

  • In general, an average rating of the rangeland within this area is 6 acres per Animal Unit Month (AUM).

  • NOTE: an Animal Unit Month (AUM) is the amount of forage required by one animal unit (cow/calf pair) for one month.

  • The commenters pointed out that the number of Animal Unit Months (AUMs) should be multiplied by the number of months grazed.Our Response: New informationreceived during the comment period from the CDFG has been incorporated into the FEA regarding grazing impacts.


More Definitions of Animal Unit

Animal Unit means one mature 1,000 pound cow and the cow's suckling calf.
Animal Unit means a unit of measure used to determine the total number of single animal types or combination of animal types, as specified in s. NR 243.11 and NR 243.05, that are at an animal feeding operation.
Animal Unit means one mature beef cow of approximately 1,000 pounds and a calf (up to 6 months old).
Animal Unit means the equivalent of 1,000 pounds of animal.
Animal Unit equates to one head of xxxxxxxxx or feeder cattle or one head of immature dairy cattle, with other types of livestock converted into Animal Units pursuant to the factors set forth in the Iowa DNR Manure Management Plan specifications, or if no such specifications exist at the relevant time with respect to the type of livestock in question, then by other readily-available standard definitions used widely in livestock management that factor in the relative manure produced by the type of livestock at issue rather than merely factoring in weight. For example, the current Iowa DNR factor for a mature dairy cow is 1.40 standard animal units, and the current Iowa DNR factor for swine over 55 pounds is 0.4 standard animal units. See xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/portals/idnr/uploads/afo/fs_mmpinstr.pdf .
Animal Unit means a unit of measurement for any animal feeding operation calculated as per the Utah Administrative Code (UAC) R317-8-3.5 and used to determine if an operation meets the definition of a concentrated animal feeding operation.
Animal Unit means a measure of animal numbers, where one male bison equals 1.5 Animal Units, one female bison equals 0.9 Animal Units, one elk equals 0.75 Animal Units, and one mule deer, whitetail deer, bighorn sheep, or antelope equals 0.2 Animal Units.