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1 Commission.
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3 Q. Can you explain why the current within one second has
4 increased to 1.3 amps?
5 A. Technically, I cannot.
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7 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, that is a simple question of arithmetic,
8 the application of ohms law, one sees the impedance -----
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, I think we had that before?
11 A. Technically, I cannot.
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13 MR. RAMPTON: Impedance is a great deal less than Dr. Gregory
14 had assumed it would be.
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16 MS. STEEL: Yes, but, actually, if you divide 134 by 171 you get
17 0.78 -- you do not get 1.3.
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know how they get to that?
20 A. You are asking me, sir?
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22 Q. Yes.
23 A. Sorry. How, because at that particular time the Meat
24 and Livestock Commission were there and they measured a
25 number of pigs, what the impedance was of each pig. They
26 did it on the backs. That is where these figures have
27 arrived from.
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29 MS. STEEL: Are these charts for individual pigs?
30 A. Yes.
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32 Q. But you do not know how to explain why the current has gone
33 from .65 to 1.3 amps?
34 A. You have the difference of types of pigs, as I have
35 explained before.
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37 Q. But this is an individual pig; we are talking about one
38 pig.
39 A. Yes, well, that will vary from animal to animal.
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41 Q. You did not accompany Dr. Gregory on his visit?
42 A. No, that was left to our technical staff and the vet.
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44 Q. Your staff, your technical staff, surely, would have
45 explained to Dr. Gregory your belief that by spraying the
46 pigs it improves the conductivity of them?
47 A. That, I do not know. One would assume a
48 scientist would look at such things.
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50 Q. How many other farms or how many other slaughter plants are
51 involved with this project with the Meat and Livestock
52 Commission?
53 A. Two of us at the moment, to my knowledge.
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55 Q. What about two years ago?
56 A. I do not know.
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58 Q. These were done two years ago?
59 A. Yes, I know that, yes, but I do not know who was
60 involved or what was involved two years ago with other
