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Aging The Horse By The Teeth - #070 The Horse’s Advocate Podcast

Aging The Horse By The Teeth - #070 The Horse’s Advocate Podcast

FromThe Horse's Advocate Podcast


Aging The Horse By The Teeth - #070 The Horse’s Advocate Podcast

FromThe Horse's Advocate Podcast

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1979, I memorized the standard chart for aging the horse using the ware patterns of the teeth. Specifically, the incisors because they were readily available by lifting the lips. The features used included the cups, dental star, and Galvayne's Groove. Horse owners and buyers used the chart for maybe a century, but in the 1980s, many equine dentists described the incisors' bite. They noticed uneven wear patterns representing them as a smile, a frown, a diagonal, or a V-shape. In 1983, I floated my first horse and, since, have floated over 77,000 horses. I was asked to age a horse many times officially. I started to notice that if horses wore the incisors unevenly, the horse could be one age when viewed from the left side and another age when viewed from the right. The old aging chart wasn't working. Several years ago, I asked owners with horses of verified age (papers or lip tattoos) to allow me to photograph the incisors. I shot the left and right lateral, the straight-on, and the open mouth of the lower occlusal surface views. My goal within the project's time constraints was to get ten random horses of every age between 2 years and 30+ years. At some ages, I was able to do this, while at several ages, I could only find one or two. This podcast describes my findings.
Released:
Sep 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Horse's Advocate radio show is all about helping horse owners find the missing horse owner's manual of owning and caring for horses. Hosted by Geoff Tucker, DVM (aka "Doc T"), he brings to you wisdom from almost 50 years with horses. But beware - some of this stuff is NOT what you might expect. When the "box to think outside of" was built, he was never included and remained outside! The goal of this show is to Help Horses Thrive In A Human World.