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How are a goat’s horns removed?

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Goat horns can be removed through disbudding or dehorning. Disbudding involves destroying the corium of the horn bud without causing significant damage to the periosteum. Fourteen days after birth horn tissue starts to form around the horn bud. Amputation of the horns at or after this stage is called dehorning. Both processes destroy growth cells so that horns do not grow back.

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