Day 114 - 04 Apr 95 - Page 63
1 about. I have not got a veterinary qualification.
2 I worked very closely with, particularly, doctors and also
3 with some vets and we shared the same language in many
4 ways. If you go to a hospital the whole population of
5 professionals are not medical doctors. Some of them are
6 biochemists, some are nutritionist, some are physicists,
7 radiologists and so on. I happen to move in that circle.
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9 Q. We can all (and this is not meant sarcastically)
10 particularly if we have had a little bit of training in the
11 right sort of field, we can all read and understand what
12 other people have written. We can understand what other
13 people tell us. Does that make us experts in the field
14 qualified to tell the court what is what, Dr. Long, do you
15 think?
16 A. No, it is does not. It is a question of being able to
17 talk critically, to criticise one's colleagues and to
18 accept their criticism. It is an interchange.
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20 Q. How is Dr. Gregory a colleague of yours?
21 A. I know Dr. Gregory.
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23 Q. I asked you how he is a colleague. I apologise for
24 interrupting.
25 A. Yes, I would say he is a colleague in the sense that we
26 have attended conferences together, we have exchanged
27 information. I have other colleagues actually in his
28 department whom I know better. So I would say that he has
29 been helpful to me. When I have been wanting information,
30 special information, he has provided some.
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32 Q. You a colleague in sense that you share with him an
33 interest in animal welfare, is that right?
34 A. Yes.
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36 Q. Have you actually read the evidence of Dr. Gregory;
37 evidence, I am not talking about his written reports
38 although I hope you have read those too? Have you actually
39 read the transcript of the evidence which he gave in this
40 court?
41 A. Yes. I must say that I read it a little time ago, so
42 that you have to bear that in mind.
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44 Q. Yes.
45 A. I also have read his research papers.
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47 Q. Have you read the evidence of Mr. Ashley Bowes, the pig
48 farmer from Norfolk?
49 A. I must say I skimmed through that rather; I skimmed
50 through it. It really did need a lot of thought, you
51 know. It was pretty difficult to follow. If I had to
52 answer questions on that in detail I think I would have to
53 have another go at it.
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55 Q. That is really, you see, what was worrying me about all of
56 this. I will ask you before I come back to it. Have you
57 read the evidence of Mr. Tim Chambers, the Quality
58 Assurance Manager at Midland Meat Packers?
59 A. Yes, I went through that.
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