Micro Chipping is becoming more and more popular as a means to permanently identify animals – including horses. Developed by a veterinarian, microchips are a safe and effective way to identify your animals. They are invaluable in recovering horses from separation-be it from a natural disaster, theft, to wandering off on their own. It is the fastest way to reunite horses with the owner, as well as proof of ownership.

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All Humane Society groups, slaughterhouses, most animal clinics-small and large-have microchip scanners which read the chip and help to identify the horse and its owner. These are the same scanners used on dogs and cats. The microchips are placed on the left side of the neck and is a quick procedure. It is no more painful than a vaccine.

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​Professional Equine uses BioThermo microchips. These microchips need to be registered with Homeagain at Homeagain.com. Each individual  microchip has a unique number assigned to your horse once it is registered but they also read your horse's temperature when scanned by a microchip reader. Also, EquiTrace offers an app that can link to a reader to create records for your horse. 

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EquiTrace is a horse health management app that is designed to link a microchip scanner to a smartphone, providing a complete monitoring and recording system for veterinary practices or farm managers. This allows the entire horse care team to securely update and access each horse’s health information in one convenient location.

The app works in conjunction with Merck Animal Health’s Bio-Thermo® microchips, allowing horse care professionals to instantly read, graph, and monitor a horse’s temperature. The app gives users complete control of horse health data in a method that can never be lost. When treatments, vaccines, or dentals are carried out for the horse, they can immediately be recorded within the app, allowing a horse’s management team to access, update, or simply view while on the farm or traveling.

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The EquiTrace app works with the Global Pocket Reader™ Plus (GPR+) and the HomeAgain® UWSR+ microchip readers. The app will work with ISO5, 15-digit standard microchips used in horses.

For more information about the EquiTrace app, please visit www.equitrace.app.
 

 We can also microchip other types of pets as well: dogs, cats, goats, llamas, alpacas-you name it!