Tracing Equine Microchips
Equine Disease Quarterly
January 20, 2018
While microchipping is safe and practical, chips can be hard to trace if owner and database information isn’t kept current.
While microchipping is safe and practical, chips can be hard to trace if owner and database information isn’t kept current.
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