. The diseases of animals; a book of brief and popular advice on the care and the common ailments of farm animals. Veterinary medicine; Domestic animals. Teeth of Horses and Cattle 57 the tooth presents a triangular outline. The incisor teeth also tend to become more horizontal, causing the profile of the incisors to become "; As horses get older, the teeth grow up and out of the jaw- bone, until in aged horses the molar teeth may become old "snags," so loosely attached to the jaw that they may be moved with the fingers or may drop out. A deception that was fo
. The diseases of animals; a book of brief and popular advice on the care and the common ailments of farm animals. Veterinary medicine; Domestic animals. Teeth of Horses and Cattle 57 the tooth presents a triangular outline. The incisor teeth also tend to become more horizontal, causing the profile of the incisors to become "; As horses get older, the teeth grow up and out of the jaw- bone, until in aged horses the molar teeth may become old "snags," so loosely attached to the jaw that they may be moved with the fingers or may drop out. A deception that was formerly practiced, but is seldom met with at the present, was commonly called "bishop- ; This consisted in cutting artificial date-cavities in the incisors, and blackening them with a hot iron. The shape of the , tooth, and the ab- sence of the ring of enamel should ren- der deception by such a practice im- ^ ^3. Horse's teeth at sixteen years of aee possible. In order to be able to determine the age of horses, a careful comparative study should be made of the teeth of animals whose ages are definitely known. CONTRASTS WITH CATTLE In cattle, there are eight incisor teeth on the lower jaw, and none on the upper. The two central incisors are named as in the horse; the next two, one on either side of the central incisors, are called internal laterals; the next two, one on either side of these, are called the external laterals; the remaining two are called the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mayo, Nelson Slater, 1866-. New York, Macmillan; London, Macmillan
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