. Dentition as indicative of the age of the animals of the farm. Domestic animals -- Age; Teeth. 28 Dentition as indicative of the Age will appear further on, consists cliiefly in observing the length of the groove which appears in the upper corner incisor at ten years, and gradually extends to the lower edge of the tooth. In Fio". 22, page 31, the appearance of this groove at ten years old is shown. At tivelve years old the teeth are longer from the receding of the gums, and are also narrower in consequence of having been worn towards the fang, which decreases in width from the neck of t
. Dentition as indicative of the age of the animals of the farm. Domestic animals -- Age; Teeth. 28 Dentition as indicative of the Age will appear further on, consists cliiefly in observing the length of the groove which appears in the upper corner incisor at ten years, and gradually extends to the lower edge of the tooth. In Fio". 22, page 31, the appearance of this groove at ten years old is shown. At tivelve years old the teeth are longer from the receding of the gums, and are also narrower in consequence of having been worn towards the fang, which decreases in width from the neck of the tooth to its termination. The tusks are blunted, especially Fig. 19.—Incisors of Horse {"Lothario ") at those of the upper jaw, and a quantity of tartar often surrounds those in the lower jaw. The incisors at this age project almost in a straight line from the jaws, and in some mouths a line drawn transversely across the tables of the teeth will cut the centres of all of them, excepting those of the corner teeth. The above drawing (Fig. 19) represents the teeth of the thoroughbred horse " Lothario," foaled in 1840, as they appeared in 1852. On comparing the tables of the teeth with those of the mare. 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 Brown, George Thomas, Sir, 1827-. London, J. Murray
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