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Definitions of dehorning in various dictionaries:

verb - prevent the growth of horns of certain animals

verb - take the horns off (an animal)

verb - to deprive of horns

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Is this the procedure for taking the head off the devil? That's up to the farmers to decide!

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Dec 4 2013 Irish Times (Crosaire)

Possible Dictionary Clues
Present participle of dehorn.
remove the horns from (an animal).
Remove the horns from (an animal)

Dehorning description
Dehorning is the process of removing the fully grown horns of livestock. Cattle, sheep, and goats are sometimes dehorned for economic and safety reasons. Disbudding is a different process with similar results; it cauterizes and thus destroys horn buds before they have grown into horns. Disbudding is commonly performed early in an animal's life, as are other procedures such as docking and castration. * Many breeds of cattle and sheep are naturally hornless. The polled gene can occur naturally in particular breeds or easily manipulated during breeding to lack horns, therefore do not need to be dehorned or disbud. Although polling is common among cattle and sheep, a variety of livestock species cannot easily be bred to lack horns naturally. In one case, the poll gene in goats was linked to hermaphrodism in a single study several decades ago, although fertile polled goats have been bred. * Horns are removed because they can pose a risk to humans, other animals and to the bearers of the horns t

Dehorning description

Dehorning is the process of removing the fully grown horns of livestock. Cattle, sheep, and goats are sometimes dehorned for economic and safety reasons. Disbudding is a different process with similar results; it cauterizes and thus destroys horn buds before they have grown into horns. Disbudding is commonly performed early in an animal's life, as are other procedures such as docking and castration.
* Many breeds of cattle and sheep are naturally hornless. The polled gene can occur naturally in particular breeds or easily manipulated during breeding to lack horns, therefore do not need to be dehorned or disbud. Although polling is common among cattle and sheep, a variety of livestock species cannot easily be bred to lack horns naturally. In one case, the poll gene in goats was linked to hermaphrodism in a single study several decades ago, although fertile polled goats have been bred.
* Horns are removed because they can pose a risk to humans, other animals and to the bearers of the horns t

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