Approved abattoir means premises used for the slaughter of animals for human consumption or animal feeding and approved by the Veterinary Administration for export purposes. Area of direct transit means a special area established in a transit country , approved by the relevant Veterinary Administration and placed under its immediate control, where animals stay for a short time pending further transport to their final destination. Artificial insemination centre means a facility for the production of semen approved by the Veterinary Administration and used exclusively for donor animals which meet the conditions set out in this Code . Border post means any airport, or any port, railway station or road check-point open to international trade of commodities , where import veterinary inspections can be performed. Breeding birds means birds kept for the purpose of producing hatching eggs .
Case means an individual animal affected by an infectious or parasitic disease.
Day-old birds means birds aged not more than 72 hours after hatching. Disinsectisation means the application of procedures intended to eliminate arthropods which may cause diseases or are potential vectors of infectious agents of animal diseases, including zoonoses. Establishment means the premises in which animals are kept. Exporting country means a country from which commodities are sent to another country. Flock of birds means any group of birds continuously housed in one building or part of a building separated from other parts of that building by a solid partition and having its own ventilation system, or, in the case of free range birds, any group of birds having common access to one or more buildings or houses.