The American reformed horse book, a treatise on the causes, symptoms, and cure of all the diseases of the horse, including every disease peculiar to America, also breeding, rearing, and management . TtJSHES. The Pekmanent Teeth.—Constitutional idiosTncrasiea anoften operative in hastening or retarding dentition, and the cluuvtctor of the food, whether it be natural or artificial; and the9 130 DADDS VETERINAKY,MEDICINE AND SURGERY. motle of obtaining the one or the other makes considerable differ-ence in the wear and tear of the same, consequently we mustbear in mind that the popular theory of
The American reformed horse book, a treatise on the causes, symptoms, and cure of all the diseases of the horse, including every disease peculiar to America, also breeding, rearing, and management . TtJSHES. The Pekmanent Teeth.—Constitutional idiosTncrasiea anoften operative in hastening or retarding dentition, and the cluuvtctor of the food, whether it be natural or artificial; and the9 130 DADDS VETERINAKY,MEDICINE AND SURGERY. motle of obtaining the one or the other makes considerable differ-ence in the wear and tear of the same, consequently we mustbear in mind that the popular theory of age is sometimes morearbitrary than truthful, and allowances for the same must bemade. At the age oitwo, or a few months over, i\\e front perma-nent teeth ought to appear, and, consequently, at the age of three,varying a few months, the middle teeth arc up. At , varyingas in the preceding cases, the corner teeth begin to siiow them=selves, and are not up square with the others until tl:e fifth yearThe animal now emerges from colthood, and is known as a regards the female, during her minority she is termed fiUy;at five she enters the adult stage, and, consequently, is denomi-. A YOUNG BOEBB 8 MOUTH. nated a mare. Supposing the horse to have a full set of nippers,or incisors, at the age of five, the marks, or black incrustation,will have so worn away at six as to leave a faint brown markAt seven, similar appearances have taken place in the two next,or middle, teeth. At eight the marks, or rather the cavities, ofthe two next, or corner teeth, are now about obliterated, and thefiice of the teeth are nearly level, and the central enamel is nearerthe inward than the outward border. After the marks have alldisappeared in the lower jaw, the exact age can not clearly beshown. At the age of nine the front teeth appear somewhatrounded; the middle and corner ones contract their oval faces,and the central enamel diminishes and approaches the inwardborder. At tot the middle
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