MadSci Network: Zoology
Query:

Re: Can female bovines have horns?

Date: Tue Jun 22 11:15:16 1999
Posted By: Janet Hoff, Staff, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 929475335.Zo
Message:

Yes, they can. Even many of the common black and white milk cows you see in country fields were born with horns. Farmers remove the horns at a young age to prevent injury (removing the horns is called polling). For lots of information on cattle from around the world visit: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/index2.htm Thanks for the question.


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