Ear Notching
The 5 numbers used to calculate ear notches.
What is 1,3,9,27,81?
A young pig of either gender.
What is a shoat?
What is Duroc?
The way brands can affect the hair of livestock.
What is turning the hair white or burning the hair off?
What is a sire breed?
What is litter number for the right ear, and pig number for the left ear?
The species name for swine.
What is Porcine?
The breed that has erect ears, white hair, and white skin.
What is a Yorkshire?
The two species that are most commonly branded.
What are cattle and horses?
The type of breeds that are known for their prolificacy and mothering/milking abilities.
What is a dam breed?
The number that is made from two 27 ear notches, one 9 ear notch, and one 3 ear notch.
What is 66?
A male pig that has not been castrated.
What is a boar?
The breed that has white skin, white hair, and large ears that cover the majority of the head.
What is a Landrace?
The type of brand that uses liquid nitrogen.
What is freeze-branding?
What is Berkshire, Poland China, Spot, and Hampshire?
The number that is made up by 2 ear notches in the 27 quadrant and 2 ear notches in the 9 quadrant.
What is 72?
The disease that is known as PSS.
What is Porcine Stress Syndrome?
What is a Hampshire?
The location where ear tags are placed on an animal.
Where is in between the veins in the ear?
The 3 breeds that are considered Dam breeds.
What is Yorkshire, Chester, and Landrace?
The number that is made up by one 81 ear notch, two 27 ear notches, and a 3 ear notch.
What is 138?
The meaning of S.P.I.
What is sow productivity index?
The breed that has a black body, erect ears, and 6 white points on its body.
What is a Berkshire?
The two species that most commonly use tattoos as a form of identification.
What are rabbits and goats?
What is robust/robustness?