[Jacob-list] Question on horns

[Neal and Louise Grose]

"Environmental factors" are the bane of all geneticists.

We have had a 6 horned ram here that have 6 solid horns, but only on a large 
boned animal. The smaller framed animals tend to have weaker secondary and 
tertiary horns. The horn precursor material seems to be spread out among the 
horn number. It seems that the actual horn mass changes little as the number 
of horns increases.

Neal on a mid-morning coffee break.
North Carolina


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon johnston" <gordon at westergladstone.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 7:20 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Question on horns


> Horns in 4 horned lambs are very soft and poorly secured in the head so 
> are
> very easily damaged during play or get caught in fences, branches, etc. 
> This
> can give rise to small, weak side horns which look like scurs.  If the top
> horns are normal, this is the more likely reason for small, stumpy side
> horns.
> Juliet
>
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