If dehorned properly (like Dunmovin said with the proper tools) the horn should not grow back and yes, the hair will grow back. If you dehorn at a very young age, you can use a paste dehorner. You shave the hair around the small "buttons" and apply the paste on the button & surrounding skin. I recommend keeping the calf away from the cow & other calves for 2-4 hours, because it is a caustic paste and it will burn the skin it touches - like the cows udder. I have very few horned calves, but I have used the paste. Also, have used electric dehorners. Again, it needs to be done at a young age (not as young as with the paste). They work great. Best way is to eliminate them at conception. Jeanne
> Cutting off flush with the head
> won't get the horn root tissue,
> depending on how deep you go you
> may get some, all, or none. In
> which case the horn will in
> peculiar shapes, no growth or lots
> of growth. The reson for using
> dehorning scoops is they get down
> far enough to to remove the horn
> growing tissue. Yes it's a mess.
> The vets I've seen do it sccop out
> the horn, then there is usually a
> vein that really bleeds, they pull
> it with a pair of forceps, the
> bleeding nearly completely stops.
> Some put a thin layer of gauze
> over the open sinus and dose it
> with blood stop powder, some just
> leave it open.
> dunmovin farms
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