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DEHORNING OF CATTLE 



have the disadvantage of sometimes fracturing the horn core 

 and of cutting the artery cleaner than the saw and thereby 

 inviting greater hemorrhage. The shears are, therefore, 

 preferable on the whole. In cases of emergency the saw 

 may be substituted, the method of confinement and the 

 point at which the horn shall be severed being alike in each 

 case. 



The animal should be confined in stocks, or an ordinary or 

 special stanchion, with the head firmly and securely extended. 

 The securing of the head is best effected by means of a strong 

 rope tied around the neck, with a loop about the nose. The 

 rope does not, by this plan, come in contact with the horns 

 and is not in the operator's way. 



FIG. 12. Dehorning of Cattle 



1. Posterior or main artery of horn core ; 2, anterior or lesser 

 artery of horn core ; 3, 4, posterior anterior arteries of the matrix or 

 corium of horn ; 5, external carotid arterv. 



