They're the size of a grain of rice and they can be a lost pet's ticket home. Find out how microchips can help lead to more family reunions.
Resources and Articles
From the Magazine
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MouthPieces: Don't Slip with Your Chip
This installment of MouthPieces lets your shelter's visitors and adopters know about the importance of microchipping their pets.
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Studying Cats—and Those Who Care for Them
Review the illuminating results of recent studies that look at practices regarding identification and feral identification procedures for cats.
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To the Rescue: Once More, With Spirit
A stray dog relies on the kindness of strangers, and makes a 5,000-mile journey with an animal-loving trucker, to find a better home.
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Chipping Away at an Old Problem
A recent study published in JAVMA suggests that microchipping and database registration should happen concurrently.
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The Chips on Our Shoulders
Study indicates ongoing issues with microchipping' but some scanners do better than others
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Policies & Programs
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AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool
The free Internet-based resource is designed to help veterinary hospitals, animal control facilities and shelter staff members reunite lost pets with their owners by checking participating pet recovery services' registries to determine which registry should be contacted. Participating companies include the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery, HomeAgain by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, Petlink by Datamars and resQ by Bayer Animal Health.
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Microchipping and Scanning Companion Animals
This free, one-hour, online course from the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) is designed for staff at companion animal veterinary clinics and animal shelter organizations in the United States.
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University of Florida - Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program
Lots of downloadable factsheets on common shelter diseases, sanitation, enrichment for shelter animals and much more.
