Abstract

LOMILLOS-PEREZ, Juanma; BLASCO-CASTELLO, José  and  ALONSO-DE-LA-VARGA, Marta. Histological analysis of the horn of the fighting bull, lesions observed after horns sheathing. Abanico vet [online]. 2023, vol.13, e2022-26.  Epub June 09, 2023. ISSN 2448-6132.  https://doi.org/10.21929/abavet2023.5.

The bovine horns is an anatomical region that has been poorly studied from an anatomical and physiological point of view. The fighting bull is an iconic animal and its horns a mythological symbol of integrity, to such an extent that farmers resort to applying synthetic resins covers to preserve it from any manipulation. With the present work it is intended to study the histological structure of the horn of the fighting bull, analyzing the possible influence of the practice of "sheathing" on it. To this end, horns have been collected from 30 bulls (4-5 years old) in bullrings in, with a control group of 15 animals not sheathed. After the analyses, the normal histological structure of the bull's horns is described and the lesions observed in some animals, such as spongiosis in the spinosum stratum, cellular disorganization of the basal stratum or the presence of multiple neovessels in the dermis, are described. No effect of sheathing is detected at the histological level.

Keywords : fighting bull; fighting cattle; horns; histology.

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