Like chestnuts, ergots and splint bones, wolf teeth in horses have become functionless in the course of evolution. Yet these pointed or peg-shaped curiosities can be surprisingly problematic. “Wolf ...

BRENTWOOD — By midmorning Ben Koertje already had treated two elderly patients that had stopped eating, and was on his second house call of the day. Or, more precisely, horse call. Moving quickly, he ...

Just like humans, horses can have tooth problems that make them ornery and sap their productivity. So to keep their horses in top shape, Mongolian herders started experimenting with equine dentistry ...

Mongolian horse herders extract certain premolars, called wolf teeth, from the mouths of horses before the animals turn two years old, usually with the aid of a screwdriver. This form of equine ...