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HORN BUD [4 records]

Record 1 2024-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
DEF

Dehorn [an animal] by destroying the undeveloped horn bud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado
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Record 2 2024-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
CONT

Disbudding involves cauterizing the blood and nerve supply to the horn bud on a very young animal, before the horns really start to grow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
CONT

L'ébourgeonnage correspond à la destruction du bourgeon cornual pour empêcher le développement de la corne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado
CONT

Cuando mejor se eliminan los cuernos es cuando son todavía yemas (botones) en los animales menores de una semana. A esta oparación se llama desyemado.

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Record 3 2024-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
DEF

[The] amputation of the horns after they have formed from the horn bud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
DEF

[...] amputation des cornes après qu'elles se soient formées à partir du bourgeon de la corne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado
CONT

El material se destina a asegurar que las actividades de gestión rutinaria del ganado, como descuerne, castración y desparasitación, se llevan a cabo con eficacia.

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Record 4 1992-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
OBS

Term confirmed in the BIOSIS data base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
OBS

Décorner un animal : empêcher ses cornes de pousser en détruisant les bourgeons par un thermocautère ou produit chimique ou, lorsqu'elles sont poussées, en pratiquer l'ablation à l'aide d'une cisaille ou d'une scie.

Spanish

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