Day 019 - 27 Jul 94 - Page 40
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Q. OK. You do not know though?
2 A. I do not know for sure, no, because when you do get a
dislocated hip, it is usually accompanied by extensive
3 haemorrhaging. In my experience, it is unusual for a bird
to survive very long under that situation.
4
Q. Right.
5 A. They die from loss of blood.
6 Q. Going to 512, what is that written at the bottom there?
A. I can find out for you, if you wish.
7
Q. You do not know what it is?
8 A. I do not know offhand, no.
9 Q. I am just trying to get clarification for what is being
said really.
10 A. I understand.
11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It looks suspiciously like "not a sausage"?
A. Knowing the individual who compiled these sheets, that
12 is not unlikely.
13 MR. RAMPTON: I thought it was "not a cabbage" actually!
14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He has got to cheer himself up during the
day's work, I suppose. If he had no comment to make, that
15 is what it would be, I suppose?
A. That is the kind of trivia he may resort to.
16
MS. STEEL: On 517?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. Could you just explain a little bit about what effect that
would have on the bird?
19 A. Yes. Certainly, in pigs it is known that
osteochondrosis (which is what this is) is associated with
20 lameness. It is highly likely that if you have that
condition in a bird, it would also be associated with bad
21 walking.
22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There is an interesting spelling of thoracic
spine. Is that peculiar to chickens or just an error?
23 A. Same page, is this, is it?
24 Q. Yes, in all the headings.
A. Right. There is quite a lot of spelling mistakes in
25 this actually, yes.
26 Q. Just in the set up of the form.
A. Yes, absolutely, yes.
27
MS. STEEL: On 518, could you just explain what "bilat TD" is,
28 please?
A. Bilateral tibiodischondroplasia.
29
Q. What does that involve?
30 A. Inside the tibial bone there is a layer of cartilage
at the top of the bone which is the region which causes,
