. The horse in health and disease : a text-book pertaining to veterinary science for agricultural students . Horses; Horses. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 65 the horse, it fills in spaces between the enainel folds of tlu> crown also. Horses have two sets of teeth, known respectively as the tem- porary teeth, which are smaller, softer, and winter than the perma- nent teeth. The formula for the temporary or deciduous teeth of both males and females is— 2fDi^+Dc\Dm'^'j=24. V 3 0 3/ 0-^ A foal is usually born with the two central incisors and all the deciduous molars erupted. At four to six weeks the la


. The horse in health and disease : a text-book pertaining to veterinary science for agricultural students . Horses; Horses. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 65 the horse, it fills in spaces between the enainel folds of tlu> crown also. Horses have two sets of teeth, known respectively as the tem- porary teeth, which are smaller, softer, and winter than the perma- nent teeth. The formula for the temporary or deciduous teeth of both males and females is— 2fDi^+Dc\Dm'^'j=24. V 3 0 3/ 0-^ A foal is usually born with the two central incisors and all the deciduous molars erupted. At four to six weeks the lateral incisors appear above and below. When eight to ten months old the corner. Fig. 1,5.—Skull of two-}'ear-ol(l colt, sculptured to show embedded part'? of temporary and i^ermanent teeth. The upper first ))r(>molar («-oir tooth) is present, but not visible; the lower one is indicated by the arrow. Temporary ])remolars are numbered 1, 2, 3; permanent premolars are designated bj' I^oman numerals; Dc, upper temporary canine; C, lower permanent canine, which «as not ready to erupt; Di'2, Di'i, second and third temporary incisors; I,, first permanent incisor, not quite ready to erupt. (Sisson, Anatomy of Domestic Animals.) incisors come in. The fourth or first permanent molar appears at one year, and from two to two and one-half years the fifth molar should be in wear. The .sixth is the erupt, and maj^ not show until the fourth or fifth year. As soon as the temporary. 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 Hadley, Frederick Brown, 1880-. Philadelphia ; London : W. B. Saunders Company


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