The identification of the dog is must for the safety of the dog. There are many identification procedures in use such as collar tag, tattoo, nose print etc. But by far, the best one is micro chipping the dog. For many pet owners micros chipping may sound alien. Lets us discuss about the microchip, its database, its scanner and the companies that are marketing these microchips here.
The Micro Chip
Micro chip is nothing but very small computer chip. The size of the same will not be more that of a grain. The chip stores the identification number of the dog, which can be red using scanner. The micro chip has 10- characters and two hundred and seventy million codes. These microchips are easily inserted in to the back side of the neck of the pet, as they are loaded in a syringe. Within ten seconds the chip can be inserted and the pain can only be compared with injection prick. The skin forms a casing as the reaction to this foreign body, which secures the movement of the microchip. The microchip is made up of bio-compatible substance to prevent the rejection from the body of the pet.
The scanner for the microchip
These scanners are must to decode the identification number of the microchip. The microchip transmits the information through radio waves. Electromagnetic energy is used by the scanners to make the chip to emit radio waves. The frequency of the radio wave is different for different microchips. Hence the same scanner can’t read all the microchips. This was yester year problem as in the year 1996 universal reader [scanner] was introduced and the same was provided to all the veterinarian, animal shelter and other animal welfare organizations. This helped immensely for the reunion of many stray pet and their legitimate owner.
Data base of microchip
There are incidences that the stray dog captured was having the microchip but due to some reason the identification number couldn’t be decoded. In such incidences the microchip company needs to be contacted for help. Each company that markets the microchip will have the sale detail. Through that, one can find out the purchaser. In case the microchip was bought by veterinarian or animal shelter or any other organization, nothing to worry as it is mandatory for them to have the record of the animal to which the microchip was inserted. Using that information the stray dog can be handed over to his master.
Microchip companies
There are two companies that are actively marketing the microchips in United States of America. They are AVID and HOME AGAIN. AVID – this company claims to have sold few million microchips so far. At present 142000 pets those have gone missing were made to find their home using this company’s microchip at the rate of one dog per 32 minutes. Home again – this company seem to have sold 0.5 million microchips till date. Nearly 34000 pet dogs were reunited with their owner using their microchip details.
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