On 5/5/07, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I saw on another group about horses having to be microchipped at
> evaluations and you can use any vet for the chip etc.
I asked my vet about this a couple years ago for my Icey. He suggested
against chipping, b/c it's not as standardized as w/ dogs and cats.
There are a number of different kinds of chips, and as a result, a
number of different kinds of scanners, vets who even have them
generally only have one kind and so can read all the chips. And most
slaughterhouses/rescues dont' have scanners anyway. He suggested
freeze marking instead, which is what I opted to do. It's more
visible, esp. at a slaughterhouse (altho they might not care anyway)
and is more of a theft deterrent. I'd like to see more horses
freeze-marked.
Robyn
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"Horses and life; it's all the same to me."
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