Dr. Naylor Dehorning Paste

Dr. Naylor's Dehorning Paste is formulated to prevent horn growth in calves and kids.

RH Naylor

• Ingredients:
  Calcium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide
  
  Antidote:
  
  • External: Flood with water, then wash with vinegar.
  • Internal: Give vinegar, or juice of lemon, grapefruit or orange copiously. Follow with olive oil.

Directions:
Clip off the hair over and around the horn button. With a wood applicator, apply the paste to a spot the size of a quarter once a day. Apply as soon as the horn button can be felt, with the calf or kid is 3 to 7 days old. Keep the animal tied away from others and out of the rain for at least six hours.

Dehorning Older Calves:
To dehorn older calves 6 to 8 weeks of age and where the horn button has started to grow, remove the hair and roughen a ring approximately 1/4th inch wide around the base of the horn where it joins the skin, with a small scraper or file (do not draw blood). Apply a thin film of paste over the horn button and over the roughened ring around the horn button. Apply once only.

Apply a thin even coating and only as directed. The reason it is advisable to remove the hair over the horn button before applying he past is that it is then easier to see that the application is in the right place and in direct contact with the skin.

To further contain the Dehorning Paste, form a ring of udder balm or petroleum jelly around the horn button prior to application.