Pennod 2 Bywyd y Fet

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-The small and the large.

-The tame and the wild.

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-The cute and the grumpy.

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-Naughty Jack!

-Hello, Wern Vets.

-They're all on

-the Wern Veterinary Surgery books.

-In the series, we'll hear about the

-vets and their four legged clients.

-We'll see what

-a vet's life is really like.

-You're making me nervous!

-A vet's first instinct

-is to heal an animal.

-It's quite red.

-Is there any history of scab?

-We think it's a tumour...

-..benign or malignant.

-From the cute to the interesting.

-This is Dilwyn.

-This is fantastic to take

-a blood sample from a cat.

-It's positive for E.coli.

-The job requires

-quite a strong stomach...

-..a sense of humour

-and strong muscles.

-All the Wern vets

-have these qualities...

-..as they care for animals

-of all kinds in North-East Wales.

-Can you hold her? Hey, Lady.

-Good girl.

-Manon is on work experience

-with Wern Vets...

-..while she finishes

-her veterinary course.

-She's helping Nell

-to vaccinate two horses.

-Good girl.

-I'm sedating her,

-before clipping her.

-She'll look smarter

-for competitions.

-The owner doesn't like

-clipping her legs and head.

-That's why we sedate her.

-How do you gauge the dosage

-to sedate a large animal?

-We have a dose chart.

-The dose depends

-on the horse's weight.

-We vary the dose

-if the horse's weight has changed.

-How long before it takes effect?

-How long before it takes effect?

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-She's starting to go.

-It takes 10 to 15 minutes

-and lasts for half an hour.

-Will she remain upright?

-Will she remain upright?

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-Yes, but her head will droop.

-She won't mind being handled.

-It isn't a full anaesthetic.

-She won't go down,

-or anything like that.

-You can castrate a horse

-under local anaesthetic...

-..clip them, or treat their teeth.

-Back in the Ruthin headquarters...

-..office staff arrange a rota

-for the 30 vets in five practices.

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-Hello, Wern Vets.

-Hiya. I'm fine, thanks.

-Gwyneth's responsibilities

-include scheduling the vets...

-..and support staff.

-It's quite a headache.

-We have five vets on call

-every night.

-They have a rota.

-All the vets work one weekend

-in five, and one evening a week.

-The girls do an extra rota.

-Many of the vets work from Ruthin.

-They might be needed

-at the other branches.

-The girls do the extra rota...

-..so the vets know

-where they'll be all week.

-We take the time of year

-into consideration.

-The phone is manned every

-day of the year without fail...

-..even Christmas Day.

-There is always someone

-to answer the phone.

-Dafydd is working from the Bala

-surgery today.

-He's been called out

-to see a very sick horse.

-The 40-year-old Shetland has

-lost weight and hasn't many teeth.

-It's a struggle to get her to eat.

-They've soaked sugarbeet

-to try to get some food into her.

-This week, they found her

-on the floor, unable to get up.

-She has grazed some days.

-But sometimes, when she's down,

-she can't get back up.

-They think it's time

-to put her to sleep.

-It's a difficult decision for them.

-Often, they want the vet to say,

-"It's the right thing to do."

-It's not up to us.

-We can advise them,

-but no more than that, really.

-Yes.

-She's gone.

-They'd thought about it for a while,

-but it doesn't make it any easier.

-The horse was eating

-and walking round when I arrived.

-But it was down this morning, and

-had hurt itself trying to get up.

-We put animals down every day.

-We can't behave

-as if it's an everyday event.

-It isn't for most people.

-We have to be sensitive.

-Yum-yum.

-When he was in school...

-..Dafydd came to Wern Vets

-on work experience.

-He studied Veterinary Science

-in Liverpool for five years.

-Who's that?

-I did a lot of work experience

-there, before and during college.

-I was offered a job

-before leaving university.

-It was nice to know

-in my final year...

-..that I had a job

-in a place I wanted to be.

-It's a great place to start

-because there are so many vets.

-The experienced vets help us.

-There's always someone

-at the other end of the phone.

-You're making a mess!

-Say "Dad".

-I've learnt more in the past five

-years than I did in university.

-There are good farmers in North

-Wales. I learnt a lot from them.

-Dafydd and his wife

-settled in the Denbigh area...

-..to raise a family.

-I met Rachel in Liverpool.

-She was studying Music.

-I was in my third year,

-she was in her final year.

-She's from a farm in Ulverston,

-Cumbria.

-We've been here for five years.

-Having a baby was a life changing

-experience, and a privilege.

-Are you a hands-on father?

-Are you a hands-on father?

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-I try to be.

-I enjoy feeding her,

-and bathing her at night.

-It's fun!

-Back on the farm, Lady

-is having her feet and legs shaved.

-Nell is reading

-the other horse's documents.

-We check that this is the horse

-in the book.

-Then I know what vaccination

-they need.

-They need injections to compete.

-I like to put it

-in the horse's neck.

-I make a triangle.

-I know the jugular is there.

-I don't want to go up there.

-I aim for the centre

-of the triangle.

-I twitch the area first.

-And pull back.

-That's it.

-Easy as!

-It's Manon's turn

-to vaccinate the horse.

-That's the jugular,

-which I have to avoid.

-I need to avoid the ligament.

-Here, here and here.

-Yep.

-Twitch her first.

-Twitch her first.

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-Yes.

-Pull back.

-Pull back.

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-Yes.

-Perfect.

-Both done.

-I'm happy,

-apart from dropping the syringe!

-What sort of experience

-have you gained?

-In our final year...

-..we shadow vets in their practices.

-The college sends us

-to a designated place.

-We can choose

-half the placements ourselves.

-I have family in Ruthin.

-I'm staying with them and seeing

-how the Wern practice works.

-This is the third time I've been

-on a placement with Wern Vets.

-Hopefully, if I pass,

-I'll get a summer job.

-Where are you from?

-Where are you from?

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-Cardiff.

-I'm studying in London's

-Royal Veterinary College.

-I'm not very experienced

-with horses.

-There aren't many farm animals

-in London.

-The practice has a dairy farm.

-Every Easter,

-we help with the lambing.

-It's lovely, but tiring.

-I hope we're helping the farmers,

-and learning at the same time.

-As they leave, Nell kills a tick.

-It has burrowed into one

-of the farm's dogs.

-There's not a moment's respite

-for the Wern vets.

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-Dyfrig is one of the Wern partners.

-He has come to the Wern Vets farm

-on the outskirts of Ruthin.

-They offer a pedigree breeding

-service.

-They control

-the cattle's fertility...

-..and transplant pedigree embryos

-into ordinary cows.

-Farmers can have multiple

-pedigree calves in a year...

-..rather than the one

-that would come naturally.

-Dyfrig is doing a blood test...

-..to see which ones

-are ready to be fertilized...

-..and which ones are pregnant.

-There are many places

-to find a vein on a cow.

-The tail is the easiest place.

-They're more relaxed

-if they can't see us.

-If you lift a cow's tail...

-..it acts like a handbrake,

-and usually they stand still.

-Whoa.

-Whoa.

-Have you been kicked?

-Have you been kicked?

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-Yes.

-Once a week.

-When a cow is in heat,

-they jump on each other's backs.

-The cow underneath stands still...

-..so we know she's in heat.

-We put chalk on the tail head.

-If the chalk has been rubbed off,

-we think she's in heat.

-By controlling cows' fertility with

-a combination of drugs and diet...

-..it's possible to ensure

-they're pregnant the same time...

-..and calve the same time too.

-It makes management easier

-if cows are in heat the same time...

-..rather than one today,

-another the next day.

-We can return next week

-and put embryos in them all.

-They will all calve the same time.

-It's easier to manage the calving.

-Good girl.

-Back in Bala, Dafydd is in charge

-of the afternoon surgery.

-Round the back.

-OK. We'll sit down.

-He's rather heavy.

-How old is he?

-Five weeks.

-He's a big lamb.

-He's a big lamb.

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-Yes.

-He's one of my pedigrees.

-Come in.

-What is the problem?

-He had treatment

-on this foot last week.

-From one of us?

-From one of us?

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-Yes.

-I don't think it's healing well.

-Whoa, mate.

-Does he put his weight on it?

-Does he put his weight on it?

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-No.

-Not really.

-He's a bit floppy.

-What happened?

-What happened?

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-We're not sure.

-Maybe he got caught in a fence.

-He's been in a splint.

-We took it off two days ago.

-Right.

-Had he broken it?

-No, they didn't think so.

-Right, mate.

-Is he still suckling?

-Is he still suckling?

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-Yes.

-With his mother.

-I think we'll put him

-on his side, with legs towards me.

-Put your arm there...

-..and hold this leg.

-You hold the head.

-There's an infection here.

-The best thing to do is clean it,

-so we see what's going on.

-We try to do our best for him.

-That's all we can do.

-He's been somewhere he shouldn't.

-The rascal!

-In Ruthin, Dyfrig takes the cows'

-blood to the practice lab...

-..for a pregnancy test.

-Amanda, some blood samples for you.

-Amanda, some blood samples for you.

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-Thank you very much.

-For?

-Ours.

-Everything goes in the book.

-If not, it doesn't get done.

-Progesterone, times four.

-MACHINE BLEEPS

-It goes in this machine.

-We spin it down,

-so the blood separates.

-Press the right button.

-Now it locks and spins...

-..in a centrifuge.

-Does that tell you

-which cows need another shot?

-We'll have the results...

-..in half an hour

-or three quarters of an hour.

-We'll know if there's a chance

-they're in calf or not.

-That's finished.

-I'll take them out.

-It has separated.

-The plasma is at the top.

-That's what interests us.

-The red blood cells

-are at the bottom.

-We'll put it here.

-Now I leave it for the nurse.

-It goes in this machine next.

-It measures the progesterone level.

-I'm not allowed to drive it.

-I'd break it!

-Back in Bala,

-after shaving the lame lamb's leg...

-..Dafydd can see

-what the problem is.

-There's quite a bad infection.

-There's quite a bad infection.

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-Is there?

-There's a patch of dark skin.

-It's hard. It will fall off.

-OK.

-Whoa, mate.

-There's a hole there.

-What do you reckon?

-Did a fox get hold of him, maybe?

-Possibly. There's quite a hole here.

-We'll give him a course

-of antibiotics.

-We want to stop it

-going up or down the leg...

-..and affecting the bone.

-It will take a few weeks to heal...

-..if it does heal.

-Is it a big "if"?

-No.

-Better than fifty-fifty, hopefully.

-Better than fifty-fifty, hopefully.

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-Hopefully.

-I'll bandage it.

-Do you want us to change it?

-We'd better have a look at him.

-We'd better have a look at him.

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-OK.

-In case we have

-to change the treatment.

-Hopefully, if we take this off

-Monday or Tuesday...

-..a lot of the infection

-will have come out.

-It's possible the hole

-will look bigger.

-That skin will die anyway.

-It'll get worse

-before getting better.

-Yes, it'll look worse.

-These cows have been fertilized.

-While waiting to calve, they're

-being looked after on Dyfrig's farm.

-They will calve next month.

-These are surrogate mothers.

-They're crossbreeds.

-Their genetics aren't special.

-But they're carrying

-pedigree calves...

-..Aberdeen Angus in these.

-Those calves are much more valuable

-than their calves would be...

-..if they were served

-naturally by a bull.

-These cows are treated like royalty.

-They're carrying expensive calves.

-We have to look after them.

-Otherwise, they'd be meat.

-You've had one calf.

-We have. Do you want to see him?

-I'd love to.

-I'd love to.

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-Come on.

-This is an ordinary cow

-from a local dairy herd.

-Her calf is an Aberdeen Angus.

-But for the cow,

-it's her little calf.

-Is she a good mother?

-Extremely good.

-Fair play. Marvellous.

-No fuss at all.

-Are some cows bad mothers?

-They can be.

-Some cows turn on their calves.

-Most are fine.

-Some cows turn on people.

-This one's a real baby.

-We'll go in to see the calf.

-Dyfrig gives the cattle

-five star care on his land.

-This is the first calf of many who

-will enjoy life in this field soon.

-Back in the Bala surgery, the last

-customer is carrying quite a load.

-How old are they?

-How old are they?

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-Six weeks.

-PUPPIES WHIMPER

-Have you found them a home?

-For three, to date.

-Inoculating puppies

-is very important...

-..and a good health investment.

-WHIMPERS

-We'll try doing one at a time.

-Is it a dog or bitch?

-Is it a dog or bitch?

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-A bitch.

-What is the routine with inoculation

-and check-ups for puppies?

-We check that the teeth

-are properly aligned.

-We check underneath to see

-if they have a hernia...

-..here.

-That can be passed on

-from dog to dog.

-We check that the males

-have two testicles.

-And we check the heart,

-to see if there's any murmur.

-We listen to each one's heart.

-That's fine.

-What is in the inoculation?

-Vaccines.

-It covers them against flu...

-..and things that cause diarrhoea.

-Those are the most important

-things at this age.

-Parvovirus is dangerous

-for dogs this age.

-So they need that vaccine.

-WHIMPERS

-Hey, watch out!

-What do we have here, a male?

-Yes.

-You're lively!

-This one needn't try to hide!

-Next week on Bywyd Y Fet...

-..Eleri hopes that this mare

-is pregnant at last.

-Don't think so.

-Dafydd and Manon fight

-to save a newborn calf.

-He was healthy

-when he was born and suckled.

-Maybe he got manure in his mouth.

-That's how they pick up bugs.

-And this bull has a visit

-from Dyfrig and his toolbox.

-It's called electroejaculation.

-Don't worry,

-it's smaller than my arm.

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