Why identify animals?

Giving each pet an individual electronic ID is like giving them their own passport. RFID transponders, as small as a grain of rice, can be implanted under the skin of most pets to provide permanent identification and improve the chances that lost animals will be returned to their true owners. Once implanted, RFID chips can be conveniently used to manage the pet's medical records as well as its medical history.

Electronic pet identification was introduced in some European regions in the early 1990s and soon, veterinarians, breeders, kennel clubs and other institutions began to see the benefits of this new technology. Today, microchipping is considered the most reliable and efficient way of pet identification and reunification, and governments and animal health organizations around the world have enacted laws to make the use of electronic identification in pets mandatory.

Examples of countries where electronic identification is mandatory:

• Identification of dogs and cats with RFID technology mandatory in Israel (since 2005) and Japan (since 2004).
• Identification of dogs and cats with RFID technology mandatory in some regions of Poland (since 1998), Serbia (since 2006), Slovenia and Spain (since 1990) and Switzerland (since 1994; since 2007 nationwide).
• Identification of horses with RFID technology mandatory in Belgium (since 2002), Denmark (since 2001) and the Netherlands (since 2001).

The readers

The reader is the device that allows access to the microchip numbering. Depending on the model, extra information can also be added, which is stored in the same reader. This data can be the caravan number, category, reproductive status, etc., and this information can be sent immediately via Bluetooth or later downloaded to the PC.

Pet Identification

It can be used, among other applications, for:

* The owner reunites with his lost pet
* Ensure responsible ownership
* Regularize and health control the population in a municipality or department
* Check the identity of the insured in prepaid medicine or veterinary hospital
* Facilitate the registration of clinical histories of veterinary professionals

Identification in exotic species

Exotic species and/or special species, zoos, fauna reserves and other establishments can identify their animals with Datamars products.

You can obtain the following benefits, among others:

* Population monitoring
* Sanitary control.
* Reproductive control
* Trusted records
* Avoid theft and fraud