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兽医专家:备用平脸宠物呼吸窘迫

A bulldog on a veterinary table with a stethoscope at its nose

Phillips greets Willow, an 8-month-old English bulldog suffering from a severely obstructed airway.Animal imaging technologist Dallas Fredrick, left, and veterinary resident Mitchell Ashkin lift Bento as they prepare to do a CT scan.Phillips analyses a CT scan of the French bulldog Bento. The dog has a severely thickened and elongated soft palate.Phillips, left, and Dr. Rachel Taber perform a procedure to thin and shorten a thickened and elongated soft palate that is obstructing the dog’s airways.Willow’s owners, Julie and Jim Landrus, greet Willow for the first time after surgery with Phillips and Dr. Monica Chen, a surgery resident.Several weeks after surgery, Bento has new energy. Where before he was lethargic and could barely breathe at night, now he acts like a puppy, running around with his sister, Mizu.Annie Dela Cruz, left, embraces Bento as Rivera plays with their other puppy, Mizu at their Peoria home.

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