Tuesday, January 24, 2012

TAMIL NADU: Soon, pet dogs to have microchip tags


By G Saravanan
Published in The New Indian Express, Chennai on Jan 24, 2012:
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Veterinary Sciences and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) is set to launch a project to implant microchips in all pet dogs visiting its Madras Veterinary College campus for treatment from April 1.
Speaking to Express on the sidelines of a free vaccination camp for animals at the MVC on Monday, Dr S Prathaban, director of clinics in TANUVAS said, “Clinical trials on pet dogs have already been completed and installation of microchips (through injection) would begin from April 1.”
Installation of microchips would help the varsity to digitise the medical records of the canines and it would also provide valuable data of pets and different diseases,” Prathaban said.
According to university sources, data like age of the dog, its vaccination history, infections suffered earlier and other diagnosis provided to the animal will be stored in the microchip and it would be read using a normal barcode reader.
The chips would help veterinarians trace the dog’s medical history with ease. Besides, finding the owner of the pet (in case the pet goes missing) by reading the chip could prove very useful. This data stored in the chip could be used against those who abandon their pet dogs. Though private canine clubs charge about Rs 250 to instal a microchip, TANUVAS will charge very nominal rates.
The move would also help in reducing the number of rabies cases and also reduce the incidence of zoonotic diseases transmitted from animals to humans.

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