On 9/9/07, Laree Shulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/9/07, Kaaren Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd love to hear from anyone who has done the micro-chip process with their > > horses, as I am considering doing this too. Did you find any residual > > swelling or scarring around the implantation site??
My vet at the time advised against microchipping my horses and suggested freeze branding instead, which is what I did. His reasoning was because its not consistent in horses like it is in dogs; there are several different types of chips, each requiring its own scanning device. So any rescue operation/vet/barn would have to have every different kind of scanner in order to read all the different types of chips. He felt it would be unlikely to be helpful if the horses were stolen. That was from 3 years ago. Not sure if things are different now. Robyn S
