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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
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A suitably qualified livestock expert can examine fence type, layout, height and spacing, posts, gates, maintenance history, damage, photographs, animal species and size, pasture configuration, access points, and the circumstances surrounding an escape or contact event. The analysis should be site- and species-specific rather than assuming that one fence design is appropriate for every livestock operation. NRCS identifies livestock management, animal safety, fence materials, gates, terrain, water access, grazing systems, visibility, and inspection and maintenance among relevant fencing considerations.
Feed purchase records, ingredient information, ration or feeding schedules, storage conditions, delivery records, consumption histories, and changes in feed can help reconstruct what feed the animals were being provided during the disputed period. Those records may be compared with production or management changes. Where the dispute requires specialized conclusions about nutrition, toxic exposure, animal disease, or medicated feed, Animal Science, Toxicology, or Veterinary expertise may also be necessary. FDA regulates animal food, including feed and ingredients intended for farm animals, and defines medicated feed as animal food containing an FDA-approved animal drug.
A suitably qualified livestock expert may examine the species and number of animals, periods of confinement, feeding practices, facility layout, manure handling, water systems, animal movement, operating records, and site conditions. Those facts can be relevant to understanding how a confined livestock operation functioned. Whether a facility legally qualifies as a CAFO or requires a particular permit depends on applicable federal and state law and should not be inferred merely because many animals are confined. EPA states that an operation must first meet the regulatory definition of an AFO before the additional CAFO criteria apply.
Useful materials may include animal inventories and identification records, feed and water records, fencing plans and photographs, grazing records, facility layouts, handling procedures, breeding or production records, transportation documents, mortality records, maintenance histories, photographs and video, incident reports, purchase and sale documents, and relevant veterinary records. For confined operations, manure-management, stocking, feeding, and facility-use records may also help reconstruct how the operation functioned during the disputed period.
