What dairies use for horn removal

摘要

removing the horns, known as disbudding or dehorning, has been a long-time practice in dairy farm-ing that diminishes the risk of injury to other animals and to people. Disbudding refers to the removal of the horn buds on young cattle before theyattach to the skull, which typically means this practice takes place before the calf is 8 weeks of age. The term dehorning is used once the horns are attached to the skull. Removing horns is done manually or with breeding programs that achieve polled cattle through sire selection or gene editing.