Frozen Cow Embryos For Sudan
BROADCAST:

The Agricultural Institute at Belclare, Galway, has developed a system of freezing cows embryos so they can be transported to Sudan and implanted into Sudanese cow to build up their milk herd.

Report Ethiopian children suffering from malnutrition and Sudanese cows walking down a rural road.

The Friesan cow embryos being extracted and frozen at the Agricultural Institute, Belclare.

Interview with Dr Joe Sreenan on the need for cattle breeding technology in the developing world to be upgraded.

Heifers being fed.

Cow carcasses being processed in a meat factory.

Calves being fed.

Interview with Dr Sreenan on the work at Belclare.

Scenes from the lab at the Agricultural Institute.

The reporter is Michael Lally.