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Surgical placement of tension wires, parrot mouth, foal
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Surgical placement of tension wires, parrot mouth, foal

    Tension wires to treat parrot mouth by inhibiting maxillary growth are surgically placed as shown in this photograph of a foal.

Courtesy of Dr. Lisa Pearson.