Based in Lisle, Illinois, Todd L. Prince, DVM, is board certified in small animal veterinary medicine and has been in practice for 25 years. Committed to animal welfare, Dr. Todd Prince supports the Hinsdale and Naperville humane societies.
A common veterinary service typically provided by veterinary practices and humane societies is pet microchipping. An overview of what this service entails is below. Pet microchipping provides a permanent strategy for pet identification, so that animals that become lost can be linked back to their owners quickly and easily. Unlike identification collars and tags, microchips cannot get damaged or lost, ensuring they will last for the life of the pet. Microchips are approximately the size of a rice grain and function as a transponder which contains information that can be used to identify the animal it is implanted in. This device is placed just below the animal’s skin between the blades of the shoulders, and cannot be felt by the pet. Lost pets can be scanned at an animal shelter or veterinary clinic to detect the microchip, gather the identification information, and the pet's owner can then be notified. Comments are closed.
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