. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. nown by the name of wolfs teeth. Thischange proceeds in the same order as the cutting of the milkteeth, commencing with the first grinder, which is shed and re-placed by a permanent tooth early in the third year, a fifth grinder(permanent) making its appearance about the same time. Towardsthe end of this year the sixth grinder shows itself, but grows veryslowly, and the central nippers above and below fall out, and arereplaced by permanent ones, which, as before remarked, are con-siderably larger in size and somewh
. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. nown by the name of wolfs teeth. Thischange proceeds in the same order as the cutting of the milkteeth, commencing with the first grinder, which is shed and re-placed by a permanent tooth early in the third year, a fifth grinder(permanent) making its appearance about the same time. Towardsthe end of this year the sixth grinder shows itself, but grows veryslowly, and the central nippers above and below fall out, and arereplaced by permanent ones, which, as before remarked, are con-siderably larger in size and somewhat different in form. At three years the mouth presents the appearance shown onthe preceding page, the development of the permanent teeth vary-ing a good deal in different individuals. At three years and fouror six months, the next nipper all round falls out, and is replacedby the permanent tooth. The corner nippers are much worn, andthe mark in them is nearly obliterated. About this time also thesecond grinder is shed. At four years of age. the mouth should differ from that. Fia. 4.—MODTH OF THE COLT AT FOOE AND A HALF YEARS. A. Anterior maxillary bone. 1. 1. Central nippers, cousiderably worn flown.•2. 2. The next pair, fully developed, with their edj^ slightly 3. Corner permanent nijjpers, in a state of growth, with the edges of thecavity sharp, and the mark 4. The tushes showing themselves throughthe gum, but not full-grown. represented in fig. 3 in the following particulars:—The centralnippers begin to lose their sharp edges, and have grown consider- THE TEETH. 261 ably in substance. The next nipper all lound has grown nearlyto its full size, but not quite, and its edges are still sharp, with themark deep and very plain. The corner milk nippers still remain,unless they .have been knocked out for purposes of fraud, whichis sometimes d(ine to hasten the growth of the permanent teeth,and give the horse the appearance of being four or five monthso
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