'Extremely rare' three eyed calf doing well on Welsh farm

Farm vet Malan Hughes incidentally noticed an extra eye on the calf while carrying out a routine TB testing visit on a farm in North Wales.  

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'Extremely rare' three eyed calf doing well on Welsh farm

Farm vet Malan Hughes incidentally noticed an extra eye on the calf while carrying out a routine TB testing visit on a farm in North Wales. The extra facial feature on the male animal was ‘unlike...

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