2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Animal Welfare Act 2006;
“cattle” (“gwartheg”) means all animals of the bovine species including bison and buffalo;
“desnooding” (“torri crogrib”) means removal of a turkey’s snood;
“disbudding” (“dadimpio”) means removal of the horn bud of cattle, goats or sheep;
“domestic fowl” (“ffowlyn domestig”) means a domesticated member of the species gallus gallus;
“dubbing” (“torri crib”) means removal of the comb of a domestic fowl;
“farmed” (“a ffermir”) means an animal bred or kept for the production of food, wool or skin or for other farming purposes;
“horses” (“ceffylau”) includes ponies, asses, donkeys, jennets and mules;
“in velvet” (“yn bwrw eu melfed”) means, in relation to the antlers of a deer, until the velvet is frayed and the greater part of it has been shed;
“laying hen” (“iâr ddodwy”) means a hen of the species Gallus gallus which has reached laying maturity and is kept for production of eggs not intended for hatching;
“poultry” (“dofednod”) means domestic fowl, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea fowl, quails, pheasants and partridges;
“prohibited procedure” (“triniaeth waharddedig”) means a procedure which involves interference with the sensitive tissues or bone structure of an animal, otherwise than for the purpose of its medical treatment;
“suitable instrument” (“offeryn addas”) means in relation to any procedure, an instrument that is in a fit state of repair and has been designed, or is of a kind commonly used, for the purpose of performing that procedure.