Handbook of meat inspection . Incisor teeth of ayearling sheep. Incisor teeth of a four-year-old sheep. Incisor teeth of a six-year-old sheep. 3. Sheep.—The sheep is born with the central incisors. Theinner middle incisors appear at frcm eight to fourteen days, the RECOGNITION QF AOE AaD SEX 225 external inidillo tdiw two to three weeks, und the coiners at fromthroe to four weeks. The slieiKliiif^ of the teetli bejj^ins with thecentral itieisors at the a^e of from twelve to eighteeu months; nextfollow the internal luiddle incisors at from oue and one-half to twojears ; the external middle inci
Handbook of meat inspection . Incisor teeth of ayearling sheep. Incisor teeth of a four-year-old sheep. Incisor teeth of a six-year-old sheep. 3. Sheep.—The sheep is born with the central incisors. Theinner middle incisors appear at frcm eight to fourteen days, the RECOGNITION QF AOE AaD SEX 225 external inidillo tdiw two to three weeks, und the coiners at fromthroe to four weeks. The slieiKliiif^ of the teetli bejj^ins with thecentral itieisors at the a^e of from twelve to eighteeu months; nextfollow the internal luiddle incisors at from oue and one-half to twojears ; the external middle incisors at two and one-qnarter to two undthree-quarters, and the corners at three to three and three-quarteryears. The chief point in the case of slieep is the differentiationbetween the still uninjured milk dentition and the completelvdeveloped permanent dentition (Figs. 32 and 33). The dentalconditious in older sheep possess little practical interest. It maysimply be reinarked that after six jears the incisors show a notch(F
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