河南羊品种肉用性能评价及新品种培育 (PPTminimizer).ppt

In the first year two permanent teeth appear - 1 and 2. In Figure 1 below you can see the prominent (all pictures are of the bottom jaw) and larger two middle teeth. This is the first year of a sheeps life, and commonly referred to as a two-tooth. Figure 2 shows the teeth of a sheep at two years of age, or four-tooth. In this second year, two more teeth, 3 and 4 force out A and B (Figure 1).  In Figure 3 below a sheep is nw three years old, with six teeth. At this stage 5 and 6 appear, displacing C and D (Figure 2). Figure 4 shows a full mouthed sheep at four years of age (eight-tooth, alt