Pennod 5 Bywyd y Fet

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-Hello. Wern Vets.

-Animals of all shapes,

-sizes and temperament...

-..visit the Wern Veterinary Surgery.

-A vet's first instinct

-is to heal an animal.

-They're cared for like royalty.

-We follow the animals' stories...

-..and the busy vets

-who care for them.

-This is fantastic

-to take a cat's blood.

-We have to be sensitive.

-I can't put a finger on it.

-Open your mouth. Good girl, lovely.

-This is a close-up look

-at a vet's life.

-In the mountains above Cwmpenanner,

-Dyfrig has been asked to check...

-..which cows in a herd are

-pregnant and when they will calve.

-She's about four months.

-We're scanning the cows today.

-Endaf and Huw want

-to know if they're in calf.

-If not, they'll probably

-get rid of them.

-Keeping and feeding cows

-all winter is expensive.

-We're checking if they're pregnant.

-About five months, Endaf.

-It'll give them an idea of when

-the cows will calve next year.

-With the help

-of an ultrasound camera...

-..Dyfrig looks in the uterus

-for a calf's placenta.

-To help, Dyfrig has

-special scanning spectacles.

-He doesn't have to look

-at the big screen all the time.

-About four months.

-If the scan screen shows life,

-Dyfrig knows the cow is pregnant.

-She is in calf.

-About nine or ten weeks.

-They're quite close again this year.

-They're quite close again this year.

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-Yes, it's quite good.

-Dyfrig has had a busy morning,

-examining a whole herd of cattle.

-How many are there, fifty two?

-How many are there, fifty two?

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-Forty nine.

-Forty nine.

-How many of them were in calf?

-Forty six.

-They're all quite close.

-Most are within

-a month of each other.

-The bull worked quite well

-this year, fair play.

-One bull?

-One bull?

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-Yes.

-A hell of a bull.

-In Bala, Eleri has to deal with a

-dog who had been in a car accident.

-Sadly, it didn't survive.

-Poor thing.

-She was found on the road?

-The farmer thinks

-the dog was hit by a car.

-What a shame.

-Is she young?

-About a year old.

-Is that all?

-Is she microchipped?

-Is she microchipped?

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-Yes.

-I'll read that.

-The dog's microchip

-stores information...

-..about the owner, home address,

-breed and vaccination history.

-What is her name?

-What is her name?

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-Meg.

-Do they contact us

-with an insurance form?

-I haven't phoned the FU yet.

-I've just picked her up.

-They usually send a form for me

-to fill, so just bring it to me.

-There's not much we can say.

-It's just a shame.

-Sheepdogs like

-to run off and chase cars.

-It happens fairly regularly,

-especially with young dogs.

-Did she die immediately?

-Did she die immediately?

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-It looks like that.

-She had one knock and died.

-The dog warden phoned Bri. Someone

-reported seeing her on the road.

-Not to worry. We'll do

-the best of a bad job, Bri.

-Yes. Thanks.

-Yes. Thanks.

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-Thanks. Ta-ra.

-I read the dog's microchip.

-She'd been hit by a car, sadly.

-The law says every dog will have

-to be microchipped from next March.

-We've done a lot of free

-microchipping with the Dogs Trust.

-They have a scheme

-offering free microchipping.

-With that sheepdog,

-I'll be able to write a letter...

-..confirming the dog's identity

-and what happened to it.

-It's a good way to identify animals.

-It's very sad for Brian

-that his dog was hit by a car...

-..and only a year old.

-It's a great shame.

-In Ruthin, another animal

-has probably had a road accident.

-But she's looking better.

-Hello, love.

-Basically, we think

-she was hit by a car.

-She turned up here

-with skin hanging down.

-She had stitches,

-but they came apart.

-So it was redone a week go.

-They're still there.

-She couldn't eat,

-so we put in a tube.

-It's painful to eat with stitches.

-I'll take the tube out

-and see if she can eat.

-It's healed really well.

-She was in a bad way

-when she arrived.

-Yes. There was no skin here,

-it just hung down. It was horrible.

-It looks good now.

-It has healed well.

-Right. Do you want to hold her?

-I'll wash my hands.

-The tube goes down the oesophagus.

-We put food down the tube.

-When we take it out, she'll be

-able to swallow, hopefully.

-Nell cuts the stitch

-keeping the tube in place.

-OK.

-No-one is sure

-if the cat has an owner.

-She was found on a roadside

-in a terrible state.

-That's it.

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-There you are.

-Do you want some food, Charlie?

-It's vital that the cat eats,

-or she'll need the food tube again.

-Do you want this?

-Do you want food?

-Mm.

-Will you continue to try?

-We'll see how she is today.

-I hope she eats.

-We'll try fish.

-The tube has been there for a week.

-She has to start eating by herself.

-So you'll keep trying.

-So you'll keep trying.

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-We'll keep trying.

-Come on, love.

-There you are.

-When Nell isn't working, she looks

-after Gruff, her 18 month old son.

-Like his mother,

-he's very fond of animals.

-Yes, it goes there.

-Nell, one of the practice's most

-recent recruits, has settled well.

-I started three years ago.

-I love working there.

-I'm local and I know the area.

-Many of my friends are here.

-I know a lot of the farmers.

-The people are lovely to work with.

-Do you prefer working

-with large or small animals?

-I used to prefer large animals.

-But since having Gruff...

-..I've been doing a lot more

-with small animals.

-I think I prefer that now.

-You can do many more things,

-like operations, for them.

-You live in Ruthin.

-It's handy. Work is down the road.

-I work part-time now.

-It's much easier

-to juggle everything.

-Well, ish.

-Isn't it?

-I look after you!

-What about the hours

-and job commitment?

-The hours are long. It's difficult.

-It's never nine to five.

-We're supposed to finish at 6.30pm,

-but we never do.

-Something always turns up at 6.30pm.

-You're there until you finish.

-There are a lot of women

-vets at Wern.

-When I was in vet school,

-it was about seventy-thirty.

-Now, it's about ninety-ten.

-There are a lot of women.

-I'm not sure why.

-Maybe because they decide what

-they want to do earlier than men.

-Do you get a certain response,

-as a woman?

-Do some clients want a big,

-strong man to sort out problems?

-When I began,

-there was a lot of that.

-Some thought jobs like calving

-was a man's job.

-It's not really about being strong.

-If that was necessary,

-they could do it.

-It's technique.

-Especially at first, they thought...

-"..She's small,

-she won't be able to do it."

-It helps to be able

-to speak Welsh here.

-If you talk to them, in time

-they say, "Yes, she's alright."

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-Dyfrig is still

-hard at work in Cwmpenanner.

-The farmer is worried

-about a lame sheep.

-Whey-hey!

-Are the antibiotics starting

-to work? She couldn't get up before.

-She couldn't get up?

-She'd get up when we took her out.

-I brought her in for a few days

-and she wouldn't get up.

-I gave her antibiotics.

-There are hazards on the mountain.

-Sheep can get stuck

-and hurt themselves.

-A diagnosis isn't always easy.

-Come on, love.

-Come on, love.

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-She's much brighter today.

-Is she eating?

-Is she eating?

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-Yes.

-She couldn't get up.

-She's weak on her left leg.

-She is eating, you said.

-She is eating, you said.

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-Yes. I gave her sheep feed.

-Good. That's a good sign.

-Hold her head.

-Dyfrig takes the sheep's temperature

-to check for disease.

-She's getting better every day.

-She couldn't get up yesterday.

-There's no sign of an injury.

-She's more wobbly than lame.

-Good girl.

-She's doing a runner!

-I think she has a pelvic injury.

-Something has happened.

-It's painful.

-She's clenching her teeth.

-We'll give her a painkiller.

-She's getting better every day.

-That's a good sign.

-She can put weight on it.

-Do I carry on with the antibiotics?

-It won't make much difference.

-Just carry on with what you give me?

-We'll try some anti-inflammatory

-and see how it goes.

-Eleri is in the Dolgellau area to

-visit Wish, the dapple grey horse.

-Wish has skin cancer.

-He has been treated

-with a special cream.

-Hopefully, it will kill the cancer.

-Hello, little horse.

-Hello.

-"Oh, dear!" he thinks.

-The horse has recognized a vet.

-Hello, Wish.

-He's a lovely horse.

-He isn't keen for me

-to look at his wound.

-I'll hold you.

-Hello! Good boy. I know.

-I'm really sorry, love.

-It's alright. Good boy.

-We won't put any cream on you today.

-He was so good

-when we put the cream on him.

-It's only later that it became sore.

-Eleri wants to check

-how the wound is healing.

-Can I have a quick look?

-Oh!

-You'll see it better the other side.

-I'll twitch him.

-Eleri reaches for a special tool,

-the twitch.

-Hey, hey, hey!

-Hey, hey! Stand, stand.

-Oh, the poor thing.

-You're alright. Calm down.

-We put a rope

-round the horse's nose...

-..and twist it until it's tight.

-It releases endorphins

-into the horse's blood.

-It sedates him.

-He'll be like a baby

-after I've twitched his nose.

-It's very effective.

-It means I won't have

-to use drugs to sedate him.

-Drugs are expensive for the owner.

-It's kinder to use this.

-They don't become agitated.

-I put it on early

-before we fall out.

-When the adrenalin is high,

-the twitch is less effective.

-Can you take that

-so I can have a look?

-Oh, Wish.

-I'll slice off the dead bits.

-All they're doing is hanging there.

-He won't feel a thing.

-I'll get a scalpel blade.

-It's a horrible smell.

-That's one off.

-I'll put some antibiotic spray

-on it.

-It's slightly infected.

-There's puss on it.

-The good news is that

-it's killed the sarcoid.

-I'll look at his hind leg.

-This is on the way out, too.

-It's more stuck, if anything.

-It's too stuck to pull off.

-At least that's come off.

-It won't catch on anything or stink.

-You can take the twitch off

-and put his rug back on.

-Dad made the twitch for me.

-It's a bit heavy duty!

-Mam wrote my name...

-..and drew a horse's head on it.

-She wrote "My Precious"

-the other side.

-I said to her,

-"I want to look professional."

-At least it's fading now,

-it's had so much use!

-In Ruthin...

-..the stray cat is offered treats...

-..in the hope she'll eat this time.

-And she gulps it down!

-There was more good news.

-She has been adopted

-by the people who found her...

-..and brought her to Wern Vets.

-In Cerrigydrudion...

-..Nell and Erica

-are doing an emergency caesarean.

-The calf has been pulled.

-But the cow needs to be patched up.

-Erica is new to the practice.

-She asked for Nell's help

-after starting on her own.

-There are complications.

-Erica started it off.

-The uterus was stuck everywhere.

-It was horrible.

-Both of us pulled the calf out.

-It's a bloody job.

-A lot of blood vessels

-go into those muscles.

-The cow has had a caesarean before.

-When you cut the cow,

-blood gets in your face.

-Usually, we pull the uterus out...

-..to cut through it

-and get the calf out.

-We had to go into the abdomen and

-pull the calf from the abdomen.

-There was a lot of blood!

-Erica stitched the womb.

-Nell is stitching the skin.

-It requires a special technique.

-It's the Ford interlocking pattern.

-Someone called Mr Ford invented it.

-It's a running stitch, basically.

-This type of stitching

-is better for fusing the skin.

-The thread can be removed

-without affecting the wound.

-You were worried for a while.

-The calf was hardly moving.

-We thought it was dead.

-It was touch and go.

-Then it started breathing.

-It's quite a big calf.

-It would never have come out.

-The calf and cow are alive.

-Everyone is happy.

-It's an antiseptic spray.

-It was quite an operation.

-Because the cow lost so much blood,

-Erica puts it on a drip.

-Despite the bloody scenes,

-the cow walks back to the yard.

-The calf is reunited

-with its mother.

-Another hard day is over

-for the Wern vets...

-..for the time being.

-On the next Bywyd Y Fet,

-Manon joins the Wern staff.

-It sounds fine.

-Strong heart, and the chest is fine.

-No more babies for this cat.

-I'm removing the ovary.

-And Eleri wrestles

-with a hyperactive Labrador.

-Hey, hey! I didn't need this

-first thing in the morning!

-Oh, my gosh! Lunatic!

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