Day 103 - 14 Mar 95 - Page 05
1 because I am going to Holland that day.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. What about Thursday?
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5 THE WITNESS: Thursday could be arranged, but it is really very
6 inconvenient but I could at a push.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If we have not a lot more of Dr. Pattison
9 left, I am really quite keen to get it finished, then
10 Dr. Pattison can go and forget all about McDonald's v.
11 Steel and Another. I am sure that attracts you,
12 Dr. Pattison!
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14 DR. MARK PATTISON, recalled.
15 Cross-examined by the Defendants, continued.
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17 MS. STEEL: (To the witness): Just on going back to food
18 restriction in the broiler breeders, you get chickens from
19 Cobb?
20 A. We do.
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22 Q. They refer to skip a day feeding and five days a week
23 feeding in their Breeder Management Guide?
24 A. Yes.
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26 Q. Is that something that happens at Sun Valley?
27 A. No, it is not.
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29 Q. You do not use either of those?
30 A. We do daily feeding.
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32 Q. The weight of a male broiler breeder at about seven weeks
33 would be 2.4 pounds, would it not?
34 A. If that is the figure quoted there, yes.
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36 Q. That would be right?
37 A. Yes.
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39 Q. What would the weight of a male broiler be in pounds at
40 that age, at seven weeks?
41 A. About six pounds.
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43 Q. So the breeders are less than half the weight?
44 A. Yes.
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46 Q. They need to be that weight in order to -- that is true for
47 the females as well, is it not, that they are less than
48 half the weight?
49 A. Yes.
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51 Q. They need to be that weight in order to perform the natural
52 breeding functions?
53 A. Yes, that is one of the reasons.
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55 Q. So, in actual fact, the broilers -- not the breeders, the
56 broilers -- are grossly overweight for what they would be,
57 you know, to survive naturally?
58 A. In comparison to the breeders they are much heavier,
59 yes.
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