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Breeder Mick Lewis from Tumbledown Wagyu at Ashford, NSW, and veterinarians Peter Atkinson and Penelope McGown from The Repro Group in Allora, Qld, ensuring quality genetics in the next generation of Wagyu cattle.

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00:06We're doing an ET program. We do it to boost the genetic performance of our cattle.
00:12And most of the work goes on before you get to this stage.
00:14We spend hours planning different matings, trying to get the strength of the animal that we're looking for.
00:20And if you're going to be successful in this game, that time in front of the computer doing the planning
00:24before you get to the cattle yards is extremely important.
00:27That's how you produce the best animals.
00:31We run a company called The Repro Group where we basically do reproduction in cattle,
00:36both conventional mower work and some IVF work.
00:39And I really enjoy my job, as do my colleagues.
00:42We get to work with interesting, motivated people in the cattle industry
00:47and we often do it seven days a week. It's great fun.
00:51I'm the second vet with The Repro Group.
00:53Peter and I share the flushing and the transferring.
00:56This is our field laboratory where we find the embryos that are washed out of the donor cows
01:03and grade them and decide whether they're going to go in fresh in the precipice this afternoon
01:08or freeze them to store them for a later transfer day.
01:12And we're more aware of that than today.
01:13We'll take a look at our next day and see how we can grow.
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