Thehorse.com - Full Article
By Nancy S. Loving, DVM
Jan 10, 2017
More horse organizations are requiring owners to use this identification technology
Countless dog and cat owners can attest to the value of microchipping. These are the people who have spent sleepless nights agonizing over their pets’ disappearance and whereabouts until they receive that phone call with the comforting words, “Your dog is at the local animal shelter; we scanned him for a microchip and found your contact information.”
This practice of microchipping is also becoming prevalent throughout the horse world—but for reasons beyond simply IDing a lost equid. Many competitive organizations and breed registries are now requiring it for ease of identifying individual horses...
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http://www.thehorse.com/articles/38647/the-state-of-the-microchip
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