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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Well, did you? Did you ban it when the EEC
3 provision came in?
4 A. Yes, we did.
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6 Q. Or had you done it before that?
7 A. That was the major decision at that time.
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9 Q. Can you remember when that was?
10 A. I need some help. I think that was about five years
11 ago. I am not sure. In that arena I know.
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13 MR. MORRIS: So before that time it was considered acceptable?
14 A. Yes, and because when one gets down to facts it is not
15 doing the animal any harm. It is a loss to Europe, again
16 to America.
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18 Q. So up to that time it was a fairly standard practice in the
19 industry?
20 A. I would have said, yes, it would be used. I cannot
21 answer for all industry, but I would have o say, yes, it
22 was used, that was in use.
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24 Q. Antibiotics you are still using, though, you said in your
25 evidence-in-chief?
26 A. Yes, as I described a little while ago.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You said not in feed.
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30 MR. MORRIS: Not in the feed?
31 A. Yes.
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33 Q. It does have a growth promoting effect, though, an
34 antibiotic?
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You said you would use penicillin if there
37 was a respiratory problem, but you have never administered
38 it to all pigs since 1979 or 1980?
39 A. No, not as a blanket treatment.
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41 MS. STEEL: Carry on, please.
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43 (The video recording was shown).
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45 MS. STEEL: I do not know whether it might be worth fast
46 reviewing. I am not sure when the next passage is. I am
47 not sure where the next footage is, so it might be worth
48 fast forwarding until we get to that.
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50 (The video recording continued).
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52 MS. STEEL: Pause. Is that the kind of tongs that you use at
53 Bowes?
54 A. Similar.
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56 Q. Similar?
57 A. Yes.
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