my friend put a question on here for me i hope this is the right place well i didnt get the answer right he said the answer was rudamentry teats . go figure

thanks for all of yall who tried to help me

-- julie (delavick@yahoo.com), March 01, 2002

Answers

And all these years I though they were called useless!

-- Laura (Ladybugwrangler@hotmail.com), March 01, 2002.

Yes Laura, I always heard useless also :>)

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), March 01, 2002.

Thank you, for coming back to tell us, I never would have guessed rudamentry = not fully developed; incomplete.

See there we can learn new things.

-- Thumper/inOKC (slrldr@yahoo.com), March 01, 2002.

Thanks for posting your professor’s answer. As one who tried for those extra points also, I empathize with you.

I did another quick search and think that rudimentary mammae , is more scientifically accurate and then on ANS 434: Mammary Gland Anatomy, Univ. Southern Illinois, http://www.siu.edu/~tw3a/434anat.htm A. Teat--Cows, Sheep, Goats, Horses

Nipple--Pigs (also teat), Humans

-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), March 01, 2002.

My hubby the hog geneticist will tell you very quickly--- THEY ARE NOT USELESS!!! Teats on boar are an indication of what he will pass on to his daughters. If he only has a few or not correctly placed or shaped--- chances are very good he will only pass on a few or ones that are not correctly placed or shaped. Not a good thing in the hog world if you are keeping his daghters for replacement females.

-- Tana Mc (mcfarm@totelcsi.net), March 01, 2002.

Now I can tell my wife "Leave my Rudamentaries along". LOL

-- r.h. in okla. (rhays@sstelco.com), March 02, 2002.

Hmmmm interesting. Wonder if there is any connection to the teats, well, swollen teats or half an udder in goats. Our buck is a milky buck, has swollen teats and the recently I was clipping him, last summer. I picked up his rear leg and lo % behold, he had half an udder. Milky bucks are said to throw good milkers and lots od does. I think its true, our buck has certainly.

-- Bernice (geminigoats@yahoo.com), March 02, 2002.

I agree, Tana, that any animal of either sex that has malformed or misplaced teats or any other parts should not be kept as breeding stock.

-- Laura (Ladybugwrangler@hotmail.com), March 02, 2002.

I am in new zealand i also had a male goat that had a full teat off to the side of his testicles,does anyone know what the fluid inside this teat is.?

-- Warwick (doglover@orcon.net.nz), May 30, 2002.