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  2. Horse teeth - Wikipedia

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    A fully developed horse of around five years of age will have between 36 and 44 teeth. All equines are heterodontous, which means that they have different shaped teeth for different purposes. All horses have twelve incisors at the front of the mouth, used primarily for cutting food, most often grass, whilst grazing. [2]

  3. Evolution of the horse - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the phylogenetic development, the teeth of the horse underwent significant changes. The type of the original omnivorous teeth with short, "bumpy" molars, with which the prime members of the evolutionary line distinguished themselves, gradually changed into the teeth common to herbivorous mammals. They became long (as much as 100 mm ...

  4. Horse - Wikipedia

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    A female horse under the age of four. [13] Mare A female horse four years old and older. [18] Stallion A non-castrated male horse four years old and older. [19] The term "horse" is sometimes used colloquially to refer specifically to a stallion. [20] Gelding A castrated male horse of any age. [13]

  5. Equine dentistry - Wikipedia

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    Equine dentistry was practiced as long ago as 600 BCE in China, and has long been important as a method of assessing the age of a horse. [1] This was also practiced in ancient Greece, with many scholars making notes about equine dentistry, including Aristotle with an account of periodontal disease in horses in his History of Animals, and in Rome with Vegetius writing about equine dentistry in ...

  6. Equine anatomy - Wikipedia

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    A horse's teeth include incisors, premolars, molars, and sometimes canine teeth. A horse's incisors, premolars, and molars, once fully developed, continue to erupt throughout its lifetime as the grinding surface is worn down through chewing. Because of this pattern of wear, a rough estimate of a horse's age can be made from an examination of ...

  7. Mammal tooth - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, wolf teeth are commonly removed. [10] Horse teeth can be used to estimate the animal's age. Between birth and five years, age can be closely estimated by observing the eruption pattern on milk teeth and then permanent teeth. By age five, all permanent teeth have usually erupted. The horse is then said to have a "full" mouth.

  8. Tooth - Wikipedia

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    Horse teeth can be used to estimate the animal's age. Between birth and five years, age can be closely estimated by observing the eruption pattern on milk teeth and then permanent teeth. By age five, all permanent teeth have usually erupted. The horse is then said to have a "full" mouth.

  9. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    1. To rasp down sharp points that may form on horse teeth. Usually performed by a veterinarian or Equine dentistry specialist. [1]: 81 2. (Australasia) A horse trailer. flying change See lead change. foal A foal 1. A young horse of either sex under the age of one year. [1]: 82 Derives from the Anglo-Saxon word fola.