Ear notching tutorials
From:
http://www.cteonline.org/portal/def
ault/Curriculum/Viewer/Curriculum
?action=2&view=viewer&cmobjid=
177789
The right ear is used
for the litter ID.
The left ear is used
for the individual ID.
Right and left are
established as the
pig’s right and left.
Click each screen with
your mouse to move
to the next screen.
Each ear is divided into
four quadrants. No more
than two notches per
quadrant are allowed.
The 81 notch is an
exception to the rule,
only one 81 notch is
allowed in the right ear.
When reading an ear
-notch on a pig, you
always say the litter
number first,
followed by the
individual number.
3+1
1+1
ANSWER:
4-2
27+9+3+1
ANSWER:
40-8
3+3+1+1
81+1+1
ANSWER:
83-12
9+3
- For advanced earnotching, a 27 notch in the pigs left ear,
counts as a 200 notch for the right ear
-An 81 notch in the pigs left ear, counts towards the right ear.
for example, a pig with two 81 notches ( one in each ear)
would count as 162 towards the litter number.
200+9+1
ANSWER:
210-5
3+1+1
81+81+1
ANSWER:
163-10
9+1
Ear notching examples
From:
http://www.aitcla.org/docs/Identify
YourPig.pdf