At loose housing of cattle, numerous injuries are inflicted by horns, which results in wounds, grazes, scratches, abscesses, hematomas, broken ribs, etc. Injuries are also caused by animal crowding during transportation and transshipment. To prevent it, dehorning of population at the farms is recommended.
Keywords: loose housing, calves, horn removal, horns, injury, hematoma, hornless cattle, animal, population, herd, thermal, chemical, surgical, cryogenic method, horn bud rudiments, electrothermocauter, horn burner, surgery, coagulation, scab, anesthesia, stress, dehorning.