Scur

A scur is an incompletely developed horn growth. In cattle, scurs are not attached to the skull, whereas horns are attached and have blood vessels and nerves.^[1] Scurs may also occur in sheep^[2] and goats.

^ Dove W. (1935) The physiology of horn growth: a study of the morphogenesis, the interaction of tissues, and the evolutionary processes of a Mendelian recessive character by means of transplantation of tissues. Journal of Experimental Zoology 69, 347– 405.
^ Johnston SE, Beraldi D, McRae AF, Pemberton JM, Slate J. 2009. Horn type and horn length genes map to the same chromosomal region in Soay sheep. Heredity (Edinb). 104(2):196-205. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.109

[1] Dove W. (1935) The physiology of horn growth: a study of the morphogenesis, the interaction of tissues, and the evolutionary processes of a Mendelian recessive character by means of transplantation of tissues. Journal of Experimental Zoology 69, 347– 405.

[2] Johnston SE, Beraldi D, McRae AF, Pemberton JM, Slate J. 2009. Horn type and horn length genes map to the same chromosomal region in Soay sheep. Heredity (Edinb). 104(2):196-205. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.109

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