9 CFR § 145.101 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s145.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 145.101 - Definitions."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "145.101"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT"
part_number: "145"
part_name: "NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR BREEDING POULTRY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979."
cfr_part: "145"
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# 145.101 Definitions.
Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this subpart the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean:
*Egg/meat-type bird.* Birds grown under confinement for the primary purpose of producing eggs and/or meat for human consumption.
*Game birds.* Domesticated fowl such as pheasants, partridge, quail, grouse, and guineas, but not doves and pigeons.
*Raised-for-release bird.* Birds grown under confinement for the primary purpose of producing eggs, chicks, started, or mature birds for release on game preserves or in the wild.