ILEA000679046: Experiments done for advanced medical technology for pets

A glimpse of TCM treatment for pets in China's Nanning

STORY: A glimpse of TCM treatment for pets in China's Nanning DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the pet hospital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIANG WENNISHA, Trainee pet doctor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN XUEJUN, Pet doctor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MS CHEN, Dog's owner 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHEN XUEJUN, Pet doctor STORYLINE: Liang Wennisha is an intern working at a pet hospital in Nanning City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. She is helping a doctor to perform a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment on a cat. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIANG WENNISHA, Trainee pet doctor "The doctor is performing heating therapy right now. This is traditional Chinese medicine. This cat was on antibiotics for a long time, so that made his intestinal and gastrointestinal health really weak. So right now we're trying to improve his internal health with this heat." In China, the application of traditional Chinese medicine in tre

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Experiments done for advanced medical technology for pets

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