Pennod 3 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.

-She'll be a different cow

-in a week, hopefully.

-We follow the animals' stories,

-and the busy vets who care for them.

-This is fantastic

-to take a cat's blood.

-Is there any history of scab?

-You can't put a finger on it

-at the moment.

-Luckily, the calf and cow

-are alive. Everyone is happy.

-This is a close-up look

-at a vet's life.

-In Ruthin, Wern has a special

-section for farm animals.

-Do you have catheters, Manon?

-Do you have catheters, Manon?

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-One. Do we need two?

-Up to you.

-Yes, we'll have two!

-Dafydd and Manon, the trainee vet...

-..are preparing to treat

-a calf with diarrhoea.

-Ready, Manon?

-Ready, Manon?

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-Yup.

-This three day old calf

-has diarrhoea.

-He's getting dehydrated,

-which makes him very flat.

-If we can't get fluids

-into them...

-..they might die from dehydration.

-Hopefully, after a day or two

-of fluids, he'll be much better.

-Manon is going to drip him.

-OK.

-The clippers are behind you.

-Hey, little one.

-His eyes are quite low.

-Does he have a skin tent?

-Yes.

-He's quite dehydrated.

-Clip there.

-CLIPPERS BUZZ

-Perfect.

-We clean the neck, ready to put

-a catheter in the jugular vein.

-Then we'll put

-the fluids straight in.

-I'd go about there.

-OK.

-There you are. Perfect.

-You can let that go now...

-..and start to lift the vein again.

-With people, the catheter

-is put in a vein in the hand.

-But with calves, it's much easier

-to have the catheter there.

-With cats and dogs,

-we use a vein here.

-That's it. Leave it there

-for a bit to see if you have blood.

-He was born perfectly healthy.

-He did suckle.

-He probably got some manure in his

-mouth. That's how they pick up bugs.

-E.coli is the most serious bacteria

-they can pick up at this age.

-Do I pull the hub back

-as far as it goes?

-Just as it is now.

-You want the suture

-that way a little from that lump.

-OK.

-It will stay in better.

-Manon is in her last year at

-the London Royal Veterinary College.

-A number of students spend time

-on work experience at Wern...

-..supervised by practice

-manager, Gwyneth.

-We've had a lot of women

-from universities and fewer men.

-It's not a problem.

-They're just as good.

-It's still very difficult

-to get into the universities.

-You have to go in

-very determined to get to the end.

-It's five years of tough work

-in college, and work experience.

-But I think the job satisfaction...

-..makes up for all

-those years of work.

-Eleri has been

-with Wern Vets for five years.

-She specializes in treating horses.

-Buddug, good girl.

-That's it, love.

-I hope you've got

-your fingers crossed.

-What is this?

-It's an ultrasound scan.

-We're going to put

-the probe up her rectum.

-She had a stallion, or rather I

-AI'd her about a fortnight ago.

-We're checking to see

-if she did stand for that.

-It's quite complicated.

-She has had a lot of problems.

-You'll see when I lift her tail,

-she has a growth under it.

-That's why she had to have AI.

-We can't give her a stallion

-naturally. It wouldn't work.

-Eleri has tried artificial

-insemination with a seed specimen.

-Hopefully, the mare

-is pregnant this time.

-She has a growth under her tail,

-all over this area.

-That's her rectum.

-Obviously, a stallion

-couldn't cover her like that.

-I have trouble getting my hand in.

-That's it, good girl.

-Is it painful?

-Is it painful?

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-No, it isn't.

-Grey mares like this,

-or stallions or geldings...

-CLATTER

-Oh!

-BLEEP

-Alright?

-Alright?

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-Sorry!

-It's OK, the pole slipped.

-She's alright.

-Good girl.

-Where does the pin go?

-It's my fault.

-I didn't put the pin in.

-That's it, baby.

-She's getting the hang of this now.

-She's pooing for me.

-Can you come here

-and hold the scanner?

-Please, please, be in foal.

-If she's not, I'm going to cry.

-Good girl.

-I don't think so.

-I don't think so.

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-Oh!

-I know.

-We see the womb's two horns

-on the screen now.

-Unfortunately, there's no embryo.

-I don't like the look of her.

-She's had everything.

-It all went perfectly with the AI.

-I think something isn't right.

-It's very disappointing

-that she didn't stand.

-No, I'm afraid, Sue.

-I don't think she's going to breed,

-is my honest opinion.

-It's a disappointment for the owner,

-after a lot of effort and cost.

-But even Eleri can't do miracles.

-There you are, little calf.

-Back in Ruthin,

-the drip is in place.

-A lot of farmers use

-these coats on newborn calves.

-They find they have

-much fewer problems.

-The calves use less energy from

-the milk to keep themselves warm.

-They can grow...

-..and fight disease much better.

-Before finishing,

-Dafydd needs a faeces sample.

-There you are, little calf.

-That's it.

-We'll take that to the lab and

-try to find what caused the problem.

-How did you get that?

-A trick!

-A finger in his backside.

-Oops.

-Alright?

-Could you do a calf scour

-profile on that, please?

-I can indeed.

-A three day old calf. So just

-a normal scour profile, please.

-Dafydd wants to know

-what caused the calf's diarrhoea.

-He will find out in an hour.

-In the small animals' surgery,

-Nell has an unhappy customer.

-So, what's going on?

-She has sores on her paws.

-She's had them before.

-Whatever caused it has returned.

-Does she chew them?

-Yes.

-At the back.

-It'd be better if she lay down.

-It'd be better if she lay down.

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-I'll pick her up.

-Sit.

-Has she been anywhere different?

-Has she been anywhere different?

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-No.

-Have you changed her diet?

-Have you changed her diet?

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-No.

-She went off her food for a while.

-That's the same.

-They did get better.

-I used the cream we had last time.

-We'll have to bandage them.

-It will just get worse.

-Good girl.

-With the help

-of the veterinary nurse...

-..Nell bandages Ela's feet.

-There you are.

-You're OK. Good girl.

-Because Ela has

-had these sores before...

-..she will have to return

-for an examination...

-..to find the root of the problem.

-But first, the sores have to heal.

-How often do you change this?

-How often do you change this?

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-Every two days.

-Hopefully, it will look

-much better in two days.

-We could take it off and give her

-a collar, to stop her licking them.

-It's difficult for them to heal,

-because she walks on them.

-I hope she likes red.

-There you are.

-Almost there now.

-DOG WHIMPERS

-There you are.

-One more and you can go.

-Do they have to be kept dry?

-Yes.

-We use plastic bags,

-old drip bags, actually...

-..when she goes out for a walk.

-The treatment is over.

-Ela isn't too sure

-about her colourful socks.

-What do you think?

-Sorry, Ela!

-Come on, let's go

-to see Mam and Dad.

-You're posh!

-Sorry they're a different colour!

-Oh!

-Maybe Ela will start

-a new trend in the local park!

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-In the Ruthin laboratory,

-Dafydd gets the calf's results.

-These are the faeces' results

-of the calf we put on a drip...

-We test for four conditions

-in young calves.

-Rotavirus, coronavirus,

-E.coli and crypto.

-The calf is E.coli positive.

-That's this one.

-It's negative for the other three.

-Humans can pick up E.coli.

-We need to wash our hands

-thoroughly after treating the calf.

-We'll phone the farmer...

-..to discuss a vaccine...

-..for the cows that will calve...

-..to pass immunity to their calves.

-Right.

-In Bala,

-the small animals' surgery begins.

-Eleri meets a familiar customer.

-Jack Francis, in you come.

-Have you heard about him?

-Have you heard about him?

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-He's been poorly.

-He couldn't stand.

-We had to put him on the table

-and he just lay on his side.

-He was very ill.

-He was very ill.

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-Yes.

-They diagnosed hepatitis.

-There were no tumours.

-I checked the blood results.

-Is he better?

-We only took one blood sample.

-That's why we put him on a drip.

-I reckon he's much better.

-He looks fantastic.

-He's amazing.

-His gums are nice and pink,

-and not at all yellowish.

-I'll put him on antibiotics

-for three to four days.

-He's on antibiotics.

-He takes two tablets twice a day.

-He's having special meat.

-He's being treated like a VIP.

-He's a lovely little dog.

-He's eleven and a half years old.

-I've only just realized

-that means he's old.

-All the vets said,

-"Considering his age..."

-I hadn't thought about it.

-He hasn't been ill before.

-We had to see Auntie Eleri.

-I wonder if he has a stomach ache?

-Does he go to the toilet alright?

-Does he go to the toilet alright?

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-Yes, the motion is perfect.

-He had one this morning.

-He had one this morning.

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-That's a good sign.

-Naughty Jack!

-OK, I'll stop poking you!

-Schnauzers have a naughty streak.

-Yes!

-We'll call him in again

-once he's finished the tablets.

-We'll take a blood sample,

-and get the results the same day.

-I want to thank you all.

-He has had wonderful care.

-Everybody has been so nice.

-All sorts of animals

-come to Wern Vets.

-That's how the vets like things.

-We employ vets...

-..on the basis

-that we're a mixed practice.

-There aren't many mixed practices

-in the country.

-The vets want

-to keep doing everything...

-..and continue to treat

-farm animals.

-It might be easier

-to stop treating pets...

-..and concentrate on farm animals.

-Whenever we start to discuss it...

-..the vets say they want

-to keep doing everything.

-Horses are always an issue.

-At times,

-vets have to visit them.

-Some are more keen than others

-to treat horses.

-They usually keep horses...

-..and are involved

-with them outside work.

-Hi, babies.

-Eleri loves to be with her horses.

-I obviously treat

-a lot of horses through work.

-If I had the choice, I'd treat

-a horse before anything else.

-I was brought up with horses.

-They're in the blood.

-You either like horses,

-or you don't.

-Horses are companion animals.

-Cattle are herd animals.

-They think differently.

-They have more sense

-than other animals.

-If something goes wrong,

-health-wise...

-..horses are harder than

-any other animal to treat.

-They're softer, somehow.

-Eleri lives on a farm

-in Llandrillo, Corwen...

-..with her partner, Rhys,

-and their son Jos.

-Jos Boss, what are you doing?

-What do you say?

-You're naughty!

-Do you want a gingerbread man?

-Rhys used to be a vet, too.

-He's a full-time farmer now.

-The farm is part

-of the Crogen Estate...

-..which dates back

-to Victorian times.

-We farm quite a large area.

-We have store cattle and sheep...

-..and horses, obviously!

-That's what Rhys and his father do.

-We've been fortunate enough

-to acquire more land to farm.

-It works out fine.

-Jos Boss Jones!

-Come here. Oi, Jos!

-Jos Boss!

-Do you want one?

-Mmm!

-Rhys's decision to farm

-has made life easier for the family.

-It suits us with Jos.

-Rhys can pick him up

-from the babysitter.

-It would be hard to make it work

-if we were both vets.

-It's great. We're very lucky.

-I'll reverse and use that plug.

-Dyfrig is visiting

-a farm near Bala...

-..where a bull

-hasn't been doing his job.

-How will you do this?

-Electroejaculation.

-We insert a probe...

-..into the rectum.

-It's smaller than my arm.

-We insert a probe into the rectum.

-These plates vibrate.

-It stimulates the bull

-to produce semen.

-We'll try to get a sample.

-We get a good sample

-90% of the time.

-Sometimes, we don't.

-Thanks.

-Can I have the probe please, John?

-Thank you.

-I can feel his penis.

-I'm checking to see

-if there's anything wrong.

-I can begin to stimulate him.

-It's important to start

-getting him excited.

-Fluid is coming out.

-This is Dilwyn.

-Can you come here, Rich?

-I'll use his tail to hold it in.

-Can I have the lead?

-The silver end. Thank you.

-Hold his tail,

-so the probe stays in.

-I'll plug it into this box.

-Turn it on.

-It excites the bull.

-We have to control it,

-so it doesn't go too fast.

-The bull's purpose

-is to fertilize the cows.

-If it fails...

-..its future looks grim, and it's

-money down the drain for the farmer.

-Here it comes.

-It doesn't look good.

-It's like water.

-I'll see if there's anything in it.

-If there is no sign of life

-in the sample...

-..the farmer will have to buy

-another bull.

-It's rubbish.

-OK.

-Nothing.

-I'll check it again, but

-I don't think we'll see anything.

-The farmers are devastated,

-knowing what fate awaits the bull.

-He'll be slaughtered.

-He has no purpose on the farm.

-It's terrible news for the farmer.

-He thought he had a good bull.

-He'll have to go back to the mart

-to buy another bull.

-Next week on Bywyd Y Fet...

-..Celyn the dog has a nasty tumour.

-I think it's cancer.

-He's quite young.

-If we remove it, it should be OK,

-if it's benign.

-Dave needs a vaccination.

-What is Dave like with needles?

-What is Dave like with needles?

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-Fine. I'm not!

-All going in.

-Dafydd leaves Wern Vets...

-..and veterinary science

-to start a new life.

-Good luck.

-Take care, Daf.

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