How to find the age of cow and buffalo?

If you do animal husbandry or want to buy animals, then the information given in this post will definitely prove to be important for you. Buying animals at a young age proves beneficial for the people associated with the milk business. Talking about buffalo, it is beneficial to take a buffalo of about 4-5 years. To find out the age of cow and buffalo, many things have to be kept in mind. But the accurate and accurate information about the age of animals is obtained from their teeth and horns. Although the horns can sometimes break due to external injury. Therefore, the age of cow and buffalo should be ascertained by their teeth. Let us get into a little more detail about this.

How to detect raw and hard teeth?

• First of all, see whether the teeth of the animals are raw (milk teeth) or firm.

• Hard teeth come after raw teeth.

• The solid teeth are large in size and broad in length.

How to find out age from raw teeth?

• The calf has 2 raw teeth at the time of birth.

• A 7 day old calf has 4 raw teeth.

• A 15-day-old calf has 6 raw teeth.

• At 30 to 45 days, the calf gets 8 raw teeth.

• The first pair of molars come out when the calf is 5 to 6 months old.

• The second pair of molars comes out when the calf is 15 to 16 months old.

• The third pair of molars comes out on the calf of 24 to 28 months.

How to find out age by fixed teeth?

• The age of cow is 2 to 2.5 years and that of buffalo is 2.5 to 3 years if there are 2 firm teeth.

• The age of a cow is 3 years and that of a buffalo is 3.5 years if there are 4 solid teeth.

• The age of a cow is 4 years and that of a buffalo is 4.5 years if there are 6 solid teeth.

• The age of a cow is 4.5 years and that of a buffalo is 5 to 5.5 years if there are 8 solid teeth.

How to find out age by tooth wear?

• At the age of 6 to 7 years, the middle shearing teeth wear out.

• At the age of 7 to 8 years the second shearing teeth wear out.

• At the age of 8 to 9.5 years, the third shearing teeth wear out.

• At the age of 11, the fourth shearing teeth also wear out.

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