To be considered eligible livestock for livestock owners, the kind of livestock must be alpacas, adult or non-adult dairy cattle, beef cattle, beefalo, bison, buffalo, elk, emus, equine, llamas, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, deer, ostriches, or reindeer and meet all the conditions in paragraph (c) of this section.

To be considered eligible livestock for contract growers, the kind of livestock must be poultry or swine and meet all the conditions in paragraph (c) of this section.

To be considered eligible livestock for the purpose of generating payments under this subpart, livestock must have:

Died as a direct result of an eligible loss condition:

With the eligible loss condition occurring in the program year for which benefits are sought;

No later than 30 calendar days for livestock, or 7 calendar days for newborn livestock, from the ending date of the eligible adverse weather event or the date of the attack by animals reintroduced into the wild by the Federal Government or protected by Federal law, including wolves and avian predators; or

Been injured and sold at a reduced price as a direct result of an eligible adverse weather event or attack by animals reintroduced into the wild by the Federal Government or protected by Federal law, including wolves and avian predators:

On or after January 1, 2017;

No later than 30 calendar days for livestock, or 7 calendar days for newborn livestock, from the ending date of the eligible adverse weather event or the date of the attack by animals reintroduced into the wild by the Federal Government or protected by Federal law, including wolves and avian predators;

Been maintained for commercial use for livestock sale or for the production of livestock products such as milk or eggs as part of a farming operation on the day they died or until the event that resulted in their sale at a reduced price; and

Not be produced or maintained for reasons other than commercial use for livestock sale or for the production of livestock products such as milk or eggs. Livestock excluded from being eligible include, but are not limited to, wild free roaming animals and animals maintained for recreational purposes, such as pleasure, hunting, roping, pets, or for show.

The following categories of animals owned by a livestock owner are eligible livestock and calculations of eligibility for payments will be calculated separately for each producer with respect to each category:

Adult beef bulls;

Adult beef cows;

Adult beefalo bulls;

Adult beefalo cows;

Adult buffalo or bison bulls;

Adult buffalo or bison cows;

Adult dairy bulls;

Adult dairy cows;

Alpacas;

Chickens, broilers, pullets (regular size);

Chickens, chicks;

Chickens, layers;

Chickens, pullets or Cornish hens (small size);

Deer;

Ducks;

Ducks, ducklings;

Elk;

Emus;

Equine;

Geese, goose;

Geese, gosling;

Goats, bucks;

Goats, nannies;

Goats, kids;

Llamas;

Non-adult beef cattle;

Non-adult beefalo;

Non-adult buffalo or bison;

Non-adult dairy cattle;

Reindeer;

Sheep, ewes;

Sheep, lambs;

Sheep, rams;

Swine, feeder pigs under 50 pounds;

Swine, sows, boars, barrows, gilts 50 to 150 pounds;

Swine, sows, boars, barrows, gilts over 150 pounds;

Turkeys, poults;

Turkeys, toms, fryers, and roasters; and

Ostriches.

The following categories of animals are eligible livestock for contract growers and calculations of eligibility for payments will be calculated separately for each producer with respect to each category:

Chickens, broilers, pullets (regular size);

Chickens, layers;

Chickens, pullets or Cornish hens (small size);

Geese, goose;

Swine, boars, sows;

Swine, feeder pigs;

Swine, lightweight barrows, gilts;

Swine, sows, boars, barrows, gilts; and

Turkeys, toms, fryers, and roasters.

Ineligible livestock for the purpose of generating payments under this subpart include those livestock that died due to disease that is not an eligible disease; eligible livestock suffering injury due to disease or eligible disease which are sold for reduced price; and any eligible livestock that died or were injured by anything other than an eligible cause of loss.