Hello Zooarchers,
I have put a photo of a cattle horncore on bone commons. This can best be described as withered. The first 3cm is perfectly normal, but after this the diameter shrinks down so that the final 5cm is much narrower. The surface is not damaged i.e. the horncore has not been planed or filed down. The horncore is affected all round the diameter.
Any suggestions: disease/illness? malnutrition? constriction of the growing horncore by e.g. a rope?
The link is
http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?p=1134#1134
Thank you
Fiona
