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Nail trimming, llama
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Nail trimming, llama

    Clinical procedure photograph displaying nail trimming in a llama. Camelids have two digits on each foot and walk with a modified digitigrade stance. The plantar surface is covered with cornified epithelium (slipper) with a nail protruding from the third phalanx (P3).

Courtesy of Dr. LaRue Johnson.