I think that they have good intentions but someday it's possible something might go wrong and mess up something in our pet's body. I'm sorry if this offends anyone and their pets but some of my beloved pets have one of this stuck in their neck to.|||it is wrong!!.because they are already talking about implanting children and convicts with that technology.we(the general public) are next.that's when you'll know it is over for freedom and privacy for all...|||I think they are the best way to ensure the recovery of your pet - or at least the best possible chance of recovery when they are lost. it also is the best way to prove ownership should your pet get stolen and you find them again and someone else has them.
I have never heard of any ill effects from the chips even though I'm sure its possible.|||By Jane Williams GFN contributing writer--- (For Publication in the January 2007 "American Family Voice")
At the National ID Expo in Kansas City, Arkansas Animal Producer's Association President Michael Steenbergen asked, "What safety studies have been conducted on the chips that are inserted into animals?" His question was met with total silence. Did these manufacturers not know, or were
they unwilling to admit that research has confirmed that implanted microchips cause cancer?
%26gt; %26gt; Melvin T. Massey, DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) from Brownsboro,
%26gt; %26gt; Texas, brought this to the attention of the American Horse Council when
he
%26gt; %26gt; wrote, "I am a retired Equine Veterinarian and still breed a few horses.
%26gt; %26gt; Because of migration-infections-increased risk of sarcoids I will not
want
%26gt; %26gt; to have microchips in my horses."
%26gt; %26gt;
%26gt; %26gt; The Institute of Experimental Pathology at Hannover Medical School in
%26gt; %26gt; Germany reported , "An experiment using 4279 CBA/J mice of two
generations
%26gt; %26gt; was carried out to investigate the influence of parental preconceptual
%26gt; %26gt; exposure to X-ray radiation or to chemical carcinogens. Microchips were
%26gt; %26gt; implanted subcutaneously in the dorsolateral back for unique
%26gt; identification
%26gt; %26gt; of each animal. The animals were kept for lifespan under standard
%26gt; laboratory
%26gt; %26gt; conditions. In 36 mice a circumscribed neoplasm occurred in the area of
%26gt; the
%26gt; %26gt; implanted microchip. Macroscopically, firm, pale white nodules up to 25
mm
%26gt; %26gt; in diameter with the microchip in its center were found.
Macroscopically,
%26gt; %26gt; soft tissue tumors such as fibrosarcoma and malignant fibrous
histiocytoma
%26gt; %26gt; were detected."
%26gt; %26gt;
%26gt; %26gt; Ecole Nationale Veterinaire of Unite d'Anatomie Pathologique in Nantes,
%26gt; %26gt; France, reported, "Fifty-two subcutaneous tumors associated with
microchip
%26gt; %26gt; were collected from three carcinigenicity B6C3F1 mice studies. Two of
%26gt; these
%26gt; %26gt; 52 tumors were adenocarcinoma of the mammary gland located on the dorsal
%26gt; %26gt; region forming around the chip. All the other 50 were mesenchymal in
%26gt; origin
%26gt; %26gt; and were difficult to classify on morphological grounds with
%26gt; %26gt; haematoxylin-eosin."
%26gt; %26gt;
%26gt; %26gt; Marta Vascellari of Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
%26gt; at
%26gt; %26gt; Viale dell'Universita in Legnaro, Italy reported examining a 9-year-old
%26gt; male
%26gt; %26gt; French Bulldog for a subcutaneous mass located at the site of a
microchip
%26gt; %26gt; implant. "The mass was confirmed as a high-grade infiltrative
%26gt; fibrosarcoma,
%26gt; %26gt; with multifocal necrosis and peripheral lymphoid aggregates."
%26gt; %26gt;
%26gt; %26gt; The Toxicology Department of Bayer Corporation in Stillwell, Kansas
%26gt; %26gt; reported, "Tumors surrounding implanted microchip animal identification
%26gt; %26gt; devices were noted in two separate chronic toxicity/oncogenicity studies
%26gt; %26gt; using F344 rats. The tumors occurred at a low incidence rate
%26gt; (approximately
%26gt; %26gt; 1%), but did result in the early sacrifice of most affected animals, due
%26gt; to
%26gt; %26gt; tumor size and occasional metastases. No sex-related trends were noted.
%26gt; %26gt; All tumors occurred during the second year of the studies, were located
in
%26gt; %26gt; the subcutaneous dorsal thoracic area (the site of microchip
implantation)
%26gt; %26gt; and contained embedded microchip devices. All were mesenchymal in origin
%26gt; and
%26gt; %26gt; consisted of the following types, listed on order of frequency:
malignant
%26gt; %26gt; schwannoma, fibrosarcoma, anaplastic sarcoma, and histiocytic sarcoma.
%26gt; %26gt;
%26gt; %26gt; The following diagnostic techniques were employed: light microscopy,
%26gt; %26gt; scanning electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry. The mechanism of
%26gt; %26gt; carcinogenicity appeared to be that of foreign body induced
%26gt; tumorigenesis."
%26gt; %26gt;
%26gt; %26gt; Additional studies related to cancer tumors at the site of microchip
%26gt; %26gt; implants have been conduced in China; however, at this time these
studies
%26gt; %26gt; are not available in English. At this time, no long term studies are
%26gt; %26gt; available covering more than two years. It only seems logical to
conclude
%26gt; %26gt; that if carcinogenic tumors occur within one percent of animals
implanted
%26gt; %26gt; within two years of the implant that the percentage would increase with
%26gt; the
%26gt; %26gt; passage of time. Additional studies need to be conducted, but don't hold
%26gt; %26gt; your breath for the manufacturers of microchips to conduct such research
%26gt; and
%26gt; %26gt; be leery of any such "research" they may conduct. Even the limited
%26gt; research
%26gt; %26gt; available clearly indicates that implantation of microchips within an
%26gt; animal
%26gt; %26gt; is gambling with the animal's well being.
%26gt; %26gt; For additional Information:
%26gt; %26gt; www.vetpathology.org/cgi/content/abstrac鈥?National Library of
%26gt; %26gt; Medicine and National Institutes of Health, www.pubmed.gov, google for
%26gt; %26gt; "sarcomas associated with implanted microchips".|||I think it's a great idea. I haven't heard of any cases where it has caused any major health issue with the animals, and many animals have been returned to their owners because of these chips. The pets can't talk for themselves and can't say where they belong. Since animals in shelters can be put to sleep after a waiting period, I think that having another way to get them home is a good thing.|||The microchips do not migrate through the dogs body. One quick poke and the dog is permanently identifiable (unless it is surgically removed).
Alot of the health testing being done on dogs these days requires some form of permanent identification (microchip or tattoo). Without our dogs being microchipped, we couldn't have had their hips OFA'd.
So, it's either one quick poke or sedating a dog to get tattooed. JMO|||I hope to put one in my daughter before she is old enough to remember it. And if you think I am sick tell it to the 10 level 3 sex offenders in my town.|||I guess people love there pets and if their pets ever get lost they could track them down. My dogs don't have it they have tags. But my sons dog does. Hes a runner but we haven't used it yet. personally I wouldn't do it.|||In my experience, the worst thing that ever happened is a chip migrated (traveled under the skin) into the upper leg of the dog near the elbow and would cause some discomfort when the dog was running. The chip was removed and replaced with a new one. It's a good idea if you have a pet that escapes a lot (some are Houdinis) or if you travel with your pet or have an expensive pure bred animal. It's an ID number that can't be lost like a collar can. It can't be tracked by satellite and is not GPS-capable, the government won't be able to control your animal's brain. But since it is a foreign body, migration, rejection or infection can happen, these things are very rare-in my experience only one dog and we've done hundreds if not thousands of these chips where I work. Cats and horses do sometimes get injection-related sarcomas, research is unclear if it's related to WHAT is injected or if its the phisical disruption caused by the act of piercing the skin with a needle. Personally I haven't seen one related to a microchip, but it is possible.|||IMHO of course,, but there will be a day that they become mandatory.
A year or so ago there were two cases of people steeling pickups in Texas that had microchiped dogs crated in the back.
In both cases it was because the dogs were microchiped that they caught the thieves with the dog at their homes.
(both dogs were very expensive Field Trial dogs)|||I use to work at an animal shelter and we inserted them into the pets after they were fixed. This provided us with an animal that was still coming out of the surgery and wouldn't be pained by the pinch of the implant going in. The greatest thing was when someone brought in a stray cat or dog, us scanning the animal and seeing a chip number come up.
I've never read any information on the chip floating around the body, or any cancer being caused by the chip. My animals have them, and were never bothered by them.
I always say if you don't like something done to your pet, then don't get it done. No one is forcing you to have them implanted.|||I got one for my puppy and I think it's a wonderful thing to have. I highly doubt you're ever going to hear about a microchip messing up your pet. It's not like they never researched the materials used to make sure it wouldn't have an adverse affect someday. And it's a way to make sure your pet comes back to you. Microchipping has been around for quite some time now and I hope that they eventually require them by law, just like they do a dog liscense... you can lose a collar, but never a chip.|||its nothing to worry about, its just a small chip they place under the skin that is scannable and will prove the owners name address and phone number. its nothing that will hurt the dog
Microchips are passive, or inert, RFID devices and contain no internal power source. They are designed so that they do not act until acted upon.
Three basic elements comprise most microchips: A silicon chip (integrated circuit); a core of ferrite wrapped in copper wire; and a small capacitor. The silicon chip contains the identification number, plus electronic circuits to relay that information to the scanner. The ferrite -- or iron -- core acts as a radio antenna, ready to receive a signal from the scanner. The capacitor acts as a tuner, forming a LC circuit with the antenna coil.
These components are encased in special biocompatible glass made from soda lime, and hermetically sealed to prevent any moisture or fluid entering the unit. Animals are not affected physically or behaviorally by the presence of a chip in their bodies.|||What would it mess up in your pets body.
It is a small transmitter and components encased in a plactic shell. It is a computer chip.
What harm could it cause?
I have had my dogs chipped for years and have never had any problems with any of them.
I like the chip as I hunt some of our dogs and even if the slip the collar they could be indentified by anyone anywhere in the US with a scanner. Makes it easy for me incase one gets lost hunting. It has never happened but they are covered if it did.|||I've only seen ONE have ANY adverse reaction at all!!! My vets dog had to have his removed-LOL!
WAY worth it for the extremely low incidence of trouble.
Like any other procedure-from vacc.s to spays-odds are too low to outweigh the bebfits.|||I have all of my dogs microchiped. It makes me feel better knowing that if they get lost or stolen the chances are better of getting my loved pets back.|||I don't see a problem w/ it. What if your dog gets loose and he gets caught on a tree or shrub? And his collar comes off? How will you identify him? The chip tells you his info and who is owner is. If it does affect the dogs health, then yes I would have a prob w/ it. But I dont think it will. They put metal plates in humans all the time and I see no problems there.|||When/if NAIS passes, we will ALL be forced to chip, and it WON"T be with the chips that most of you all have used, so you will be forced to rechip.
And when/if NAIS passes, you will have to fill out paperwork when you take your dog off the property (meant for cows and such, but we are not excluded). You also will be put in a national, public database for all to see. Over your pet limit of 2? Your city will know. Bred a litter of pups? Your city (and the AR nuts) will know! Have an old dog and your city passed a MSN law? Your city will know and will make you put the oldster under to be S/N.
Not MY dogs, I would prefer to stay under the radar of the AR nuts AND the government when it comes to my dogs. To many anti-dog laws being passed these days.
Melon - " I hope that they eventually require them by law"
Should that not be MY choice??? Should the governement be telling me how to care for my animals? Should the government be monitoring the decisions I make regarding my animals as if they have a fricken CLUE what is best for my animals???
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