I am looking at lists of bought in sheep and one has come up as a non WSYWIG number how do I know what her ID is from this? Is it possible to translate into a UK number?
There are 4 likely scenarios.
1. It was an old ScotEID tag from phase 1 before WYSYWG.
2. I was a "Tag Bucket" type tag with the manufacturers ID and a cross referenced UK Number.
3. It's a scrapie bolus.
4. It is a spurious read.
If you give us the Animal ID and where and when it was read we may be able to help.
Maybe !
There are 4 likely scenarios.
1. It was an old ScotEID tag from phase 1 before WYSYWG.
2. I was a "Tag Bucket" type tag with the manufacturers ID and a cross referenced UK Number.
3. It's a scrapie bolus.
4. It is a spurious read.
If you give us the Animal ID and where and when it was read we may be able to help.
non WYSYWG tag number
the number shown is 145462818
this was on a mule gimmer bought on 06/09/11 read at UA Huntly
The tag number is
The tag number is UK522647015792.
Ideally this animal should have a wysiwyg tag but I don't think you need be too concerned about that.
Jon