The Yorkshire Vet star tackles rare emergency as he admits 'I'm concerned'

The Yorkshire Vet star Peter Wright tackled a rare emergency on Tuesday (October 28) as he admitted, "I'm concerned".

In the latest instalment of the popular Channel 5 show, Peter travelled to the much-walked Yorkshire Moors following an urgent call from farming sisters Lucy and Helen.

"I'm a bit concerned about this heifer, which is a first time mother, and they're always a concern to a veterinary surgeon that she's not quite getting on with it. She's been in labour for some time but she's not progressing," he revealed.

Lucy then disclosed: "We got her in a couple of hours ago to have a feel and she's just not opened up at all."

Peter went on: "In these cases, time is of the essence as well. I am concerned that she has been [in labour] for some time and the significance of that, it's possible the calf could die off inside. So, I want to get there as soon as I can really," reports Yorkshire Live.

"She's a bit unsettled, really uncomfortable. She's a Limousin Cross Bull so that can sometimes throw a big calf and that's always a worry," Lucy continued.

Upon arrival at the farm, Peter examined the heifer and found it "very unusual" that the birth passage wasn't opening naturally.

"This is very rare. I can get a feel into the cervix, but that's all I can get in. There's just nothing else there," he clarified.

Peter was left with no option but to perform an emergency C-section on the heifer. "This heifer is really strange. She's showing all the characteristics of wanting to give birth but not able to give birth," he explained.

"There's something gone wrong with the birth mechanism, and by the time she did open up, the calf would be dead anyway, so we have to get on with it."

As Peter commenced the operation, farmer Helen confessed: "I'm a little bit squeamish, I did once faint during a sheep caesarean. I'm good, I'm okay, it did only happen once.

"The most important thing is getting a live calf out of this and not resuscitating me."

Peter soon delivered the newborn bull calf, but it wasn't moving initially. After performing life-saving measures to save the newborn, Peter began stitching up the heifer's uterus.

"There's no better feeling than driving away from a farm where you've carried out a caesarean section and you know that calf's going to be on its feet as you leave," the elated vet concluded.

The Yorkshire Vet is available to stream on Channel 5