Get answers to frequently asked questions about microchipping of animals.

The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced that it will accept comments regarding the use of microchipping

More than two years after Congress directed the Department of Agriculture to weigh in on the debate over incompatible pet microchip technology, the…

The AVMA Executive Board approved several recommendations related to the microchipping of animals for identification.

Member states of the European Union have reached agreement on a new regulation that will revise existing equine identification

The AVMA has released two resources on microchipping of animals—a backgrounder and answers to frequently asked

Explore the benefits of microchipping, different types of chips, their efficacy, tips for implantation and scanning, and the importance of registering…

For animals that get separated from their owners, proper identification is a ticket home. Microchips are a safe and reliable method of permanent…

The AVMA has updated its backgrounder and frequently asked questions document regarding microchips as a means of identifying dogs, cats, and other…

Industrywide efforts to microchip horses and other equids have demonstrated the value of permanent identification and showcased how microchips can be…

Concerns about veterinarians' ethical and legal obligations regarding microchipped animals have led to a revised AVMA Policy

Help make family reunions happen. Encourage microchipping and remind pet owners to keep chip registrations up to date with these easy-to-use…

Animal welfare and veterinary associations are calling on microchip manufacturers and distributors to provide a scanner capable of reading all

The AVMA is advocating for veterinarian involvement in the distribution of pet foods that make health claims.

The AVMA endorses the implantation of electronic identification in companion animals and equids and supports standardization in materials, procedures,…

The bill increases penalties for the owners of dogs who have a history of aggression, and attack a human or domestic animal

        posted August 15, 2005   Despite recommendations from the Executive Board, House Advisory Committee, and Reference Committee 6 for

In January, the AVMA House of Delegates overwhelmingly voted to adopt a new policy on humanely managing horse cribbing and a revised policy concerning…

Foie gras and microchip databases are the subjects of two resolutions AVMA delegates are being asked to vote on when they gather

National Check the Chip Day, observed annually on August 15, reminds pet owners to microchip pets and keep the microchip's registration information up…

Statistics show that one in three pets will become lost at some point during their lives, but cats and dogs with registered microchips are much more…

AVMA House of Delegates also to consider microchips, cribbing, use of technology

  Posted on June 14, 2004   Lisa Massey knew little about the electronic microchip her local Banfield, The Pet Hospital, implanted in Hadden,…

Microchips greatly increase the chances that lost pets will be reunited with their families...but a microchip only works if its registration…

The AVMA and the American Animal Hospital Association are marking Check the Chip Day on Aug. 15 to encourage pet owners to have pets microchipped and…