Cat and Dog Microchip News
Microchip technology for your dog and/or cat is growing at a steady clip. The chip ID number is kept in a small transponder that can be read through the dog’s skin by a scanner emitting low-frequency radio waves. A tiny antenna in the transponder picks up the frequency. The number is retrieved and decoded. It pops up in the scanner readout window. The radio waves are harmless because they use a frequency much lower than AM broadcast stations use. The Federal Communications Commission approves them before they can be sold to the public.
The placement of the chip is almost painless. The chip cannot come loose, or get lost, and the number is unique to one dog. A lost and frightened dog doesn’t have to be corralled and manhandled, or even shaved to see if it’s there. The owners name and address are stored on regional or national databases and dogs can be located easily and quickly. Incidentially if you reside in Utah and need a salt lake city dog daycare related firm I can suggest this outfit. They also specialize in general pet grooming as well as dog and cat boarding. They are centrally located in Salt lake City. Return-To-Owner Rates Even Higher For Micro-chipped Cats
Cats are often harder to find than a dog when they decide to wander off, and the microchips are even more effective for them. According to Science Dailey’s website: According to the research, the return-to-owner rate for cats was 20 times higher and for dogs 2 ½ times higher for microchipped pets than were the rates of return for all stray cats and dogs that had entered the shelters. This may be the reason that dog daycare services are so popular, especially in certain areas like Salt lake City. Science Daily quotes Linda Lord, assistant professor of veterinary preventive medicine at Ohio State University; “This is the first time there has been good data about the success of shelters finding the owners of pets with microchips. We found that shelters did much better than they thought they did at returning animals with microchips to their owners.”
