Day 102 - 13 Mar 95 - Page 38
1 transcript of CaseView -- whether it might not be recorded
2 that the movement which Dr. Pattison demonstrated for
3 herding chickens was a forward movement of the forearms
4 with the hands open in front of the body?
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You had your hands open, palms upright and
7 were bending your arms at the elbows. Thank you.
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9 MS. STEEL: Would the catchers be bending over as they are doing
10 that?
11 A. No, they are normally standing up.
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13 Q. They stand upright?
14 A. Yes.
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16 Q. The outbreak of Gumboro disease, before it was brought
17 under control, is it correct that of the dead birds found
18 in the sheds some would be quite manky and have maggots in
19 them?
20 A. No, the instruction is that birds have to be picked up,
21 any dead birds have to be picked up, several times in a
22 day. So, there would not be time for maggots to be
23 produced in a carcass.
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25 Q. How long would it take for maggots to be produced in a
26 carcass then?
27 A. A carcass would have to be in the shed three or four
28 days before there would be maggots on it.
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30 Q. Is it not right that whilst farmers are supposed to walk
31 the sheds every day some do and some do?
32 A. I would say they all walk them every day. Some walk
33 them much more frequently, several times a day, others less
34 often. But I cannot imagine that it would be in a farmer's
35 interest not to walk them at least once a day.
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37 Q. So that is the reason why you presume that they do do them
38 at least once a day?
39 A. Well, they do, as far as I know.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When you said 30, 40 or 50 dead birds found?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. How does that come about then?
45 A. That would be one day's mortality for that shed.
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47 MS. STEEL: What are the farmers supposed to do with the dead
48 birds?
49 A. The birds have to be disposed of. They are either
50 incinerated or buried.
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52 Q. So some of them will just be dumped in a big pit?
53 A. If they are being buried they are put in a disposal pit
54 which is dug first.
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56 Q. Each day do they dig a new pit?
57 A. No. They would have a burial pit which would last for
58 a certain time, and the birds -- the day's mortality is
59 simply put in there.
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