Day 092 - 27 Feb 95 - Page 51
1 A. Yes.
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3 Q. What were the ones then that you were talking about where
4 you had actually done some research? I thought that was
5 1979?
6 A. Oh, that was back in Mexico.
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8 Q. Those were the ones where you stayed there some length of
9 time?
10 A. Yes, I stayed there, I mean, literally days and weeks.
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12 Q. But that was a long time before you worked for McDonald's?
13 A. Yes, yes, it was.
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15 Q. How many people would there be to look after the chickens
16 in one shed?
17 A. Usually, if I can picture what normally happens in the
18 US, there is a family who has a farm and usually has two to
19 four growing houses and the couple normally takes care of
20 those houses.
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22 Q. So two of them look after four houses?
23 A. Up to four, could have two, or it is usually in pairs,
24 so they have two or four. They usually have family members
25 that will assist to some degree and they are on a
26 contract. So, the company, in this case, for example,
27 Tyson, will have vets that will visit the farms, will have
28 people that would formulate the feed for them, and so
29 everything is part of the picture.
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31 Q. How often would the vets visit the farms?
32 A. As needed, there is not a specific.
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34 Q. So if it is if there is a problem they would be called out?
35 A. Not necessarily. That is the only reason why they
36 visit. They have a random system where they go and visit.
37 They are always testing something, some kind of test.
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39 Q. For what?
40 A. For everything, environment, nutrition, health of the
41 animals for different pieces of equipment, different
42 ventilations systems -- you name it.
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44 Q. Dr. Pattison said that at Sun Valley the mortality rate was
45 in the region of about six per cent of birds. Is that
46 similar to the USA?
47 A. It is probably a little bit less in the US.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In the US or than the US?
50 A. In the US. It is probably a little bit less. It
51 probably runs about two per cent or less.
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53 Q. Two per cent is only a third of the mortality rate in this
54 country?
55 A. That is correct.
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57 Q. Why should that be?
58 A. There is, for the reasons I was trying to explain, in
59 the past Tysons has a completely integrated vertically
60 integrated complex or facility. What you want to do to
