The typical statute or regulation defining animal units uses a conversion factor based on some standard to which various animal types are compared numerically. For legislation dealing with animal feeding operations, the operative is one beef cow.
Type of Livestock | Animal Units | Minimal Size Not Considered a Nuisance |
Type of Livestock | Animal Units | Minimal Size Not Considered a Nuisance |
Breeding mink (for setback purposes) | 0.015 | 200 |
(for distance purposes) | 0.05 | 200 |
Laying hens; other poultry (housed) | 0.006 | 1,000 |
Llamas | 0.6 | 33.3 |
Mature dairy cattle | 1.4 | 14 |
Mature horses | 1.4 | 14 |
Other poultry (unhoused) | 0.2 | 100 |
Pheasants | 0.2 | 100 |
Sheep | 0.4 | 50 |
Slaughter/feed cattle/cow calf | 1.0 | 20 |
Swine over 40 lbs. | 1.0 | 15 |
Young cattle | ||
1 – 300 lbs. | 0.2 | 100 |
300 – 500 lbs. | 0.4 | 50 |
500 – 700 lbs. | 0.6 | 33 |
700 – 900 lbs. | 0.8 | 25 |
900 – 1,000 lbs. | 1.0 | 20 |
Young horses | 0.6 | 33 |
(Ord. 2002-2, passed 8-26-2002; Ord. 2003-3, passed 6-9-2003)