How reliable are microchips for horse identification?
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Until recently, horses were generally branded to be able to identify individual animals. Since this practice gives rise to longstanding wounds and brand marks cannot be reliably read, there has been a gradual switch towards the use of microchips. But how reliably can microchips be located and read, and are the horses injured by having chips implanted?