. Age of the domestic animals : being a complete treatise on the dentition of the horse, ox, sheep, hog, and dog, and on the various other means of determining the age of these animals. Domestic animals -- Age; Teeth. Fig. 19. Upper right-band canine tooth of a horse. A, external face ; B, internal face. Fig. 20. Longitudinal antero-posterior section of a horse's canine tooth. C S, superior canine: (J I, inferior canine. may be subject to much use from the friction of food, the tongue, lips, and the bit, tliey are always prominent, even in very old horses. Goubaux and Barrier have seen one cas
. Age of the domestic animals : being a complete treatise on the dentition of the horse, ox, sheep, hog, and dog, and on the various other means of determining the age of these animals. Domestic animals -- Age; Teeth. Fig. 19. Upper right-band canine tooth of a horse. A, external face ; B, internal face. Fig. 20. Longitudinal antero-posterior section of a horse's canine tooth. C S, superior canine: (J I, inferior canine. may be subject to much use from the friction of food, the tongue, lips, and the bit, tliey are always prominent, even in very old horses. Goubaux and Barrier have seen one case in which the tusks of tlie upper and lower jaw were in contact. Structure,—The tusks are composed of ivory or dentine^ inclosing a pulp-cavity and surrounded with enamel. There are no temporary tusks in the horse, although small, rudimentary spicula sometimes are found before the permanent teeth 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 Huidekoper, Rush Shippen, 1854-1901. Philadelphia ; London : F. A. Davis
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