Day 092 - 27 Feb 95 - Page 27

     
     1        will not get sick.  So, it is called a growth promoter
     2        because the animals grow better because they are
     3        healthier.  They suffer less from diseases.
     4
     5   MR. MORRIS:  Just to come back, we have heard that Sun Valley
     6        puts antibiotics in the feed for broilers.  You said that
     7        would only be used in the US if a supplier was not
     8        efficient at controlling disease?
     9        A.  I did not say that.
    10
    11   Q.   What did you say?  What criticism are you making then of,
    12        say, Sun Valley?
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can you remind me?  You say they are put in
    15        the feed for broilers at Sun Valley.  I remember that they
    16        were put in -- there was evidence in relation to young
    17        chicks from the hatchery.
    18
    19   MR. MORRIS:  That was different.  That was in the hatchery and
    20        also in the feed for the broilers, although it stopped,
         I think it was, five or seven days before slaughter.  There
    22        were regulations on that.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you say so.  I will check later.  My
    25        recollection was definitely in relation to the chicks;
    26        I remember that because Dr. Gregory thought it was a good
    27        idea; it avoided, for instance, some of the diseases which
    28        might lead to lameness later on.
    29
    30   THE WITNESS:  That is correct.
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  He thought that was quite an innovative
    33        practice.  I am not doubting that antibiotics might have
    34        been used later in broilers.  I remember the evidence,
    35        however, it was not used for the last however many days it
    36        was before slaughter.
    37
    38   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  But I do not moment -- you may well be right
         -- recall it being introduced as a matter of regular
    42        procedure or routine into the feed of the broilers as they
    43        grew.
    44
    45   MR. MORRIS:  I think it was.  He mentioned the name as well.
    46
    47   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Have you got the reference so we can get it
    48        right?
    49
    50   MR. MORRIS:  It was towards the end of his evidence, 
    51        Trimethoprim. 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What is the date?  If you give me a date.
    54
    55   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I can find a reference to antibiotics in
    56        the starter ration which is a drug called Furazolodone
    57        which is day 91, 17th February.  The reference I have found
    58        is at page 35.  It starts at page 35 at line 22.  There is
    59        also something about Sulphadiozime.
    60