The operation of dehorningwould therefore be indicated as a matter of general safety.
In view of the general practice of dehorning cattle, the name hornfly is less distinctive than it once was.
Various types of dehorningshears or clippers are in general use.
Dehorning of adult animals is usually performed after the age of 2 years, as after that age there is less probability of the horns again growing.
When dehorning cattle with clippers or saw, it is well to remove about one-half inch of the flesh of the horn.
This may be due to a dirty dehorning saw, or getting dirt into the wound.
The best form of dehorning shears have a wide V in the cutting edge.
It is preferable to dehorning shears, as there is danger of fracturing the frontal bone when removing the horns of mature cattle.
Unless a well-constructed dehorning rack is available for confining the animals, there is danger of injuring them and it is very difficult to saw off the horn quickly and satisfactorily.
When first practised, the dehorning of mature cattle was condemned by some persons who deemed it an inhuman and unnecessary operation.
A dehorning chute should be built of plank with a good frame well bolted together, with stanchion and nose block for confining the head.
It is also better to dehorn before your cows freshen, because when cows are milking and are dehorned they will go back in their milk a great deal for the first month after the dehorning has taken place.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dehorning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
