1. What is the difference
between horns and antlers?

2. The Difference Between Antlers
and Horns

3. Antlers
► Antlers shed each fall
and grow back in the
spring.
► In the spring antlers
are covered with
velvet, and composed
of blood and nerves.

4. Harvesting Velvet
► Occurs at 65 days
of growth, after
increased sunlight
causes blood flow
to stop and nerves
to die.

5. Antler Velvet Production

6. Interesting Facts
► Must accumulate 50 or
more pounds of
calcium salts to grow
antlers.
► Caribou and Reindeer
only deer species that
have females that bare
antlers.

7. Horns
►a keratinized sheath
that covers a core of
skull bone.
► Blood only runs an
inch into the horn.

8. Dehorning
► Dehorn when young.
► Itis best to dehorn on
cool dry days.

9. Dehorning Continued

10. Interesting Facts
► Batawana cattle horns
can grow with enough
weight and length to
deform their skull.
► Hornsnever shed, but
can be broken or cut
off.

11. Questions

13. What is the difference
between horns and antlers?

14. The Difference Between Antlers
and Horns

15. Antlers
► Antlers shed each fall
and grow back in the
spring.
► In the spring antlers
are covered with
velvet, and composed
of blood and nerves.

16. Harvesting Velvet
► Occurs at 65 days
of growth, after
increased sunlight
causes blood flow
to stop and nerves
to die.

17. Antler Velvet Production

18. Interesting Facts
► Must accumulate 50 or
more pounds of
calcium salts to grow
antlers.
► Caribou and Reindeer
only deer species that
have females that bare
antlers.

19. Horns
►a keratinized sheath
that covers a core of
skull bone.
► Blood only runs an
inch into the horn.

20. Dehorning
► Dehorn when young.
► Itis best to dehorn on
cool dry days.

21. Dehorning Continued

22. Interesting Facts
► Batawana cattle horns
can grow with enough
weight and length to
deform their skull.
► Hornsnever shed, but
can be broken or cut
off.

23. Questions