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-From elderly patients...

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-..to those newly born.

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-From the domestic...

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-From the domestic...

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-Is he eating and drinking?

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-..to farm animals.

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-..to farm animals.

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-He doesn't like that!

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-The usual clients.

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-And the unexpected.

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-These are the creatures Wern

-Veterinary Surgeons have to treat.

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-You're alright. What's the matter?

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-Who knows what they will face

-when they go to work in the morning.

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-This is a very extreme case.

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-They turn their hand to the old

-techniques as well as the new.

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-The work of a vet is never dull.

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-If we don't succeed...

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-..if I'm not happy with the fix,

-we'll have to break the leg.

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-Good morning, Wern Vets.

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-Wern Veterinary Surgeons

-have six sites.

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-They treat all kinds of animals

-across North East Wales.

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-In this series, we'll experience

-the ups and downs of the Wern vets.

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-And we'll have a close look

-at the life of a vet.

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-Good girl!

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-There we are. Job done!

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-After a period of maternity leave...

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-..Eleri, one of the Wern's partners

-has returned to work.

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-But first, she has some offloading

-to do...

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-..as she meets her father

-in the car park to hand over...

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-..Joseff and Llewelyn

-to Nain and Taid.

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-On Mondays and Tuesdays,

-I take them to work with me...

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-..so that Dad can collect them

-from Bala.

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-Mum and Dad live in Traws,

-so they take them there.

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-Nain and Taid get to see a lot of

-them which is really nice.

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-They stay at home with me

-on Wednesdays.

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-On Thursdays and Fridays

-they stay home...

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-..and Jeni, Rhys's father's partner

-comes to look after them.

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-They're lucky children.

-They're spoiled by everyone.

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-Although sometimes I feel

-that I'm not home enough...

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-..it's difficult

-to get the right balance.

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-Being a mother is much harder

-than being a vet...

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-..because the pressure is constant.

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-I used to think that

-when I had a baby...

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-..I'd be able to stay home

-at night...

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-..and not have to go out

-to birth a calf.

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-What I didn't realize was that

-you can never switch off.

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-A baby is hard work 24 hours a day.

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-It's definitely harder.

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-It's nice to be back and to see

-everyone and get back to work.

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-While I was on maternity leave,

-I was too busy with the babies...

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-..to miss work very much.

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-We have our own animals at home too.

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-I performed a caesarean

-on our own cow.

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-I artificially inseminated our pony.

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-So I kept my hand in a little

-while looking after the babies.

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-I think the biggest thing

-I missed about work was the people.

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-I was stuck in the house

-with the babies.

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-All you see is babies.

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-This job is very sociable.

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-You talk to people

-and listen to their stories.

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-I missed that.

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-Now that I'm back,

-it's as if I've never been away.

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-Sage, the labradoodle has come to

-the surgery with her owner, Wendy.

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-She wants Eleri look at the dog's

-eye which is red and painful.

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-She comes here quite often

-with various ailments.

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-Today, her eye was a little red.

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-I looked in her eye,

-but there was nothing in there.

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-There was no grass. Sometimes they

-get grass seed in their eye.

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-I think she may have had something

-in her eye and she's rubbed it.

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-She's quite a sensitive dog.

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-I've given her steroid drops

-and antibiotics for a few days...

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-..just to make sure that there's

-nothing nasty happening.

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-I'll see her again in two or three

-days. I don't think it's serious.

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-Thank you.

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-Down on the farm in Cerrigydrudion,

-Gwyn is at work.

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-He's one of the owners

-of the practice.

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-He is removing embryos

-from a Belgian Blue heifer.

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-It is a complex technique that

-requires expertise, patience...

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-..and a good understanding

-of a cow's fertility cycle.

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-What we're doing today,

-is removing eggs from the heifer.

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-So that we can freeze them

-and put them into other heifers...

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-..to create cross-breeds.

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-It's a way of getting more calves

-out of a pure bred heifer...

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-..without having

-to keep more pure bred cattle.

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-How many calves would a cow

-usually give birth to?

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-They can have one calf a year.

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-So if a cow lives for ten years,

-you can expect ten calves.

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-With this process,

-you could have ten calves a year.

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-This technique is called

-embryo transfer.

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-This process of transferring embryos

-from a pedigree cow...

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-..to a surrogate cow

-is quite uncommon in Wales.

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-Only a few practices across Britain

-offer this specialist service.

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-She was given drugs about ten days

-ago to make her ovulate.

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-The first step is to put my hand in

-and feel whether she's responded.

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-What can you feel?

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-I'm feeling the uterus

-and the ovaries.

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-I can feel that she has responded

-well to the drugs.

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-I would hope to get about

-five or six out of her.

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-You can tell that

-by putting your hand in.

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-This heifer has previously been

-serviced by a bull.

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-Gwyn now has to begin

-the process of flushing...

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-..that is taking out

-the calf embryos.

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-This is just a cover

-to keep everything clean.

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-This is an introducer, a metal tube.

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-We pass a plastic catheter

-through this.

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-The first step is to insert

-a special catheter...

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-..into the cow's womb in order

-to pump in saline solution.

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-This fluid will travel around

-the womb collecting embryos.

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-The solution then travels

-down the other tube.

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-The hope is that it will be

-full of healthy embryos.

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-We try to make sure that

-there is no blood in the fluid...

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-.. and that it's perfectly clean.

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-That gives the embryos

-a better chance.

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-Usually, a vet hopes to get...

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-..between 4 and 5 embryos

-from a heifer such as this.

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-But if he can get more,

-all the better.

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-The embryos are too small

-to see with the naked eye.

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-So Gwyn has to wait

-until he gets the fluid...

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-..under the laboratory microscope

-to find out how many embryos...

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-..are in this flush.

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-Hello, how are you?

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-Hello, how are you?

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-Fine, thank you.

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-I've brought Zeta in

-to have her stitches removed.

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-Take a seat.

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-A fortnight ago, Zeta the Labrador

-had a litter of puppies.

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-The birth was straightforward...

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-..but she had to have

-an emergency caesarean...

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-..when one of the

-puppies got stuck.

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-Today, she's at the Ruthin surgery

-to have her stitches removed.

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-She had her caesarean ten days ago.

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-Dyddgu is looking after

-the surgery today.

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-She will examine Zeta to make sure

-that she's recovered from the birth.

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-A caesarean section

-is a serious operation.

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-Dyddgu examines Zeta carefully

-in case she has an infection...

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-..that isn't visible to the eye.

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-Is she providing enough milk?

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-Is she providing enough milk?

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-Yes.

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-I'll just take her temperature

-to make sure all is well.

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-She'll probably be a bit hotter

-than usual on a day like this.

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-For sure.

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-That's great.

-Her temperature's normal. 38.4.

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-Let's have a look at those stitches,

-so we can take them out.

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-The skin should have healed by now.

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-If it hasn't,

-the stitches will have to stay in.

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-She's left them alone, has she?

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-Yes. She hasn't touched them.

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-When the stitches come out,

-we have to make sure...

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-..that the skin has joined

-and is healing...

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-..and that there is no sign

-of any bacteria...

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-..that will stop the wound

-from healing properly.

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-She is healing well.

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-She won't need any more antibiotics

-or any other drugs.

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-She's healing really well.

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-So it's back to normal

-for her now...

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-..and she can go on

-raising her puppies.

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-Back to work for her now.

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-Nice to see you again.

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-Goodbye.

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-Gwyn has finished the process

-of removing the embryos...

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-..from the heifer on the farm

-in Cerrigydrudion.

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-Now he's back in the laboratory...

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-..to find out how many embryos

-are in the fluid.

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-I'm now going to extract

-the embryos one by one...

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-..and put them

-in some clean solution.

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-The embryos are tiny.

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-You need a very strong microscope

-to see how many are in there.

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-Can you guess how many there'll be?

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-When I felt her ovaries,

-I thought there were six.

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-But we'll see.

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-The heifer has done better

-than expected.

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-Gwyn has managed to collect

-eight embryos from her.

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-It's something of a record.

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-With a steady hand...

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-..Gwyn is using this device to suck

-out the embryos one by one...

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-..and put them

-in the individual petri dishes...

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-..that contain antifreeze to keep

-them alive during the process.

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-I'll put some nitrogen

-in the machine to freeze them.

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-I'll fetch a flask.

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-This is the freezing machine.

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-The purpose of this is to freeze

-the embryos slowly.

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-If you freeze them too quickly,

-they die.

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-It takes three hours to freeze them.

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-You have to lower the temperature

-slowly.

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-The final step is

-to use a special straw...

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-..to remove the embryos

-from the petri dishes...

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-..to freeze them

-until the farmer needs them.

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-That's the embryo in the straw.

-That small column in the middle.

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-Then I drop it into the freezer.

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-The embryos are placed in the flask.

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-Into the liquid nitrogen.

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-We store them in canes like this...

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-..inside the liquid nitrogen.

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-We label them with the flush number,

-the name of the heifer...

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-..the name of the bull

-and the grade of embryo.

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-Once they're in the flask,

-they can be kept indefinitely.

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-How many do you have stored here?

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-About a thousand at the moment.

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-The numbers are growing

-all the time.

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-There are more coming out

-than there are going in.

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-They're kept

-as an insurance policy...

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-..in case something happens

-to the animal.

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-It means they can have calves

-even if the heifer dies.

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-Back at the Bala surgery,

-there is a simple job for Eleri.

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-Giving a vaccination

-to this mischievous kitten.

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-You're a cutie pie, aren't you?

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-You're lovely!

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-She needs to have the jab now

-in case she gets cat flu.

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-Oh! Look at her. Not a sound.

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-If you want her spayed...

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-..we'll do it

-when she's four or five months old.

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-It's common for owners

-to have their cats spayed...

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-..to stop them

-from having kittens...

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-..and adding to the already

-large cat population.

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-She'll have lots of kittens

-if she isn't neutered.

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-We don't want that.

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-We don't want that.

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-I'll just make up a card for her.

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-What's her name?

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-What's her name?

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-We haven't given her a name yet.

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-Oh! That's awful, isn't it, puss!

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-I'd like to call her Panther.

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-She reminds me of a panther

-in the way she pounces.

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-I have another cat called Tiger,

-so this one can be Panther.

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-You're a real cutie pie!

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-She's the sort of character

-that never gives up on anything.

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-When you play with her,

-she just keeps going.

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-She's lovely!

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-I think I'd like a kitten.

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-She looks like a meerkat

-when she gets up on her hind legs.

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-Panther has gone for walk,

-back to Eleri's consulting room.

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-Oh! You've caught her.

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-Naughty girl!

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-Sorry about that.

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-Thanks very much.

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-On a farm near Ruthin...

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-..Gwyn is preparing to implant

-one of the embryos...

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-..he's been keeping

-in the laboratory.

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-With regard to flushing...

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-..we flush the cow for seven days...

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-..after they've mated

-or been inseminated.

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-That means that the embryos

-are seven days old...

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-..from the day

-that they were fertilized.

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-So it's important

-that the recipient...

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-..is at the same stage

-of their cycle.

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-I'll put my hand in now

-to ascertain that.

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-Gwyn makes sure that the cow is

-ready to receive an embryo...

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-..by feeling how large

-the uterus is.

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-That feels fine.

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-It feels big enough...

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-..and hard enough.

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-This one's fine

-to receive an embryo.

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-I'm making a flask of water

-at a temperature of 28 degrees...

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-..in which I will thaw

-the embryos.

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-I will leave the embryos in

-for twenty seconds.

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-Then they go straight into the gun.

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-It's important that the embryo

-doesn't get cold...

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-..between thawing

-and being implanted.

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-I have to keep it warm.

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-Excuse me!

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-I've put covers on the gun

-to keep the embryo clean and warm.

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-I'm just removing them now.

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-The idea is to insert the gun

-through the cervix...

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-..and up...

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-..and into the uterus.

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-It's important to get it right in...

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-..on the side on which

-she's ovulating.

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-The embryo will only take

-on that side.

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-There we are. Job done.

-I'll just note down her tag number.

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-With a bit of luck,

-the embryos will take...

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-..and the surrogate cow will give

-birth to a pedigree calf...

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-..in nine months time.

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-Keeping breeding cattle

-is expensive for farmers.

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-If a cow doesn't do her job...

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-..the owner has to consider whether

-she has a future on the farm.

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-I'm getting dressed

-for the occasion.

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-I've just put my hand into a cow

-to see if she's in calf.

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-She's been inseminated.

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-One of the vets checked her

-about a month ago.

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-The embryo hadn't taken,

-so if it doesn't take this time...

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-..they'll get rid of her.

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-I hope for her sake

-that the embryo's taken.

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-When's the Eisteddfod?

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-So would she have to be put down?

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-No, she'll go to be fattened up

-for meat.

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-It's not quite as dramatic as that.

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-Can I give you that?

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-Eleri is using a scanner

-to see if the embryo has taken...

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-..or in simple terms,

-if she's pregnant.

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-We have two cows.

-This will be our second calf.

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-The Jones family know only too well

-what will happen to the cow...

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-..if the embryo has not taken

-this time.

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-Everyone is crossing

-their fingers...

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-..that Eleri will see

-a calf on the scanner.

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-Oh, yes.

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-Oh, yes.

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-Yes!

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-That's great.

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-Eleri has good news for the family.

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-And for the cow.

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-How far along is she?

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-About two months.

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-Do you want to see?

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-That's it there.

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-When you just see fluid,

-it's worth checking again.

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-There you are.

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-There you are.

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-Yes!

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-Job done.

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-About two months ago, we inseminated

-this pedigree Hereford...

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-..and there was no sign of a calf.

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-The vet told us to wait 28 days...

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-..and get a vet to come back

-and check again.

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-That's why Eleri is here today.

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-We're very glad to hear the news

-that she's expecting a calf.

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-If she wasn't, she'd have had to go.

-We can't afford to keep her.

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-Hopefully,

-we'll get a pretty little calf.

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-Eleri leaves the farm happily.

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-Next time...

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-..John is visited by a huge dog.

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-He's growing so fast.

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-Considering he's only a year old.

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-He's grown as much as a child does

-in eighteen years.

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-Eleri turns her hand to dentistry.

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-You have a bit of a time limit

-in what you can get away with.

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-Like us they don't like keeping

-their mouths open for the dentist.

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