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ordinance. For example; a maximum of 3 animal. units on a 5 acre parcel,. which <br />means 30 goats on 5 acres. Gem Lake does not use animal unit. definitions, so. <br />one animal is one horse, one goat, one sheep, one cow, etc. <br />Animal Unit. - A. unit of measure used to compare differences in the production of <br />animal manures that employs as a standard the amount of manure produced on <br />a regular basis `by a 1,00.0 pound slaughter steer or heifer. <br />Info obtained from:.:p �.�r..... fi....... . `. tip"....... . . ..... <br />Subp. 5. Animal Unit. "Animal unit:' means a unit of measure used to compare <br />differences in the production of art€mal manure that employs as a standard the <br />amount of manure produced on a regular basis by a slaughter steer or heifer for <br />an animal feedlot or a manure storage area, calculated by multiplying the number <br />of animals of each type 1n. items A to I by the respective multiplication factor and <br />summing the resulting values for the total number of animal ph its. For purposes <br />of this chapter, the following multiplication factors shall apply: <br />A..dairy cattle: <br />(1) one mature cow (whether milked or dry): <br />(a) over 1,000 pounds, 1:4 animal unit; or <br />(b)under 1,000 pounds, 1.0 animal unit; <br />(2) one heifer, 0.7 animal unit; and <br />(3) one calf, 0.2 animal unit; <br />B. beef cattle: <br />(1) one slaughter steer or stock cow, 1.0 animal unit; <br />(2) one feeder cattle (stocker:o.r.backgrounding) or, he€far, 0.7 animal unit;. <br />(3) one cow and calf pair, 1.2 animal unit; and <br />(4 one calf; 0.2 animal unit; <br />C. one head of sw€ne: <br />(1) over. 300 pounds, 0.4 animal. `Unit; <br />(2) between 55 pounds and 300 pounds., 0.3 animal unit, and <br />(3) under 55 pounds, 0.05 animal unit; <br />D. one horse; 1.0.anlmal unit; <br />E one sheep or lamb, 0.1 animal unit; <br />l . chickens: <br />(1.) one laying hen or broiler, if the facility has a .fiquld. manure system, 0.033. <br />animal unit; or <br />(2) one chicken if the facility has a dry manure system: <br />(a) aver five pounds, 0.005 animal unit; or <br />(b) under five pounds,. 0.003 animal. unit; <br />§G..one turkey: <br />§(1) over five pounds, 0..018 animal unit; or <br />