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sunshine22 · 08-09-2005, 03:16 PM

From http://www.apapets.com/micro2.htm

It's important to know what chip is in your pet.

Using the foreign microchip provided by the Banfield Pet Hospital located in Petsmart stores, can be viewed as a deviation of the accepted standard of care. In fact, AVID and Home Again 125 kHz microchips are considered the standard of care in the U.S. and have been placed in over 8 million pets across the United States, resulting in 8,000 lost pets being returned to their families each week. "There are approximately 70,000 highly accurate scanners in place and a system that provides results. With 8,000 lost pets being returned to their families each week, the U.S. has the best system in the world." says Dr. Hannis L. Stoddard III, founder and president of Avid.

The incompatibility between scanners and microchips means some micro-chipped animals entering shelters may be treated as unidentified and destroyed or not returned to their family. "Putting lives of our pets at risk is totally unacceptable," said Dr. Hannis L. Stoddard III, "Especially when compatible chips could have been offered," and added, "To protect our pets, we were left with no alternative other than to file a patent infringement suit against a Canadian pet insurance company Pethealth and Allflex, who manufactures their incompatible microchip products."

08-09-2005, 03:16 PM	#4
sunshine22 YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 388	microchip compatible From http://www.apapets.com/micro2.htm It's important to know what chip is in your pet. Using the foreign microchip provided by the Banfield Pet Hospital located in Petsmart stores, can be viewed as a deviation of the accepted standard of care. In fact, AVID and Home Again 125 kHz microchips are considered the standard of care in the U.S. and have been placed in over 8 million pets across the United States, resulting in 8,000 lost pets being returned to their families each week. "There are approximately 70,000 highly accurate scanners in place and a system that provides results. With 8,000 lost pets being returned to their families each week, the U.S. has the best system in the world." says Dr. Hannis L. Stoddard III, founder and president of Avid. The incompatibility between scanners and microchips means some micro-chipped animals entering shelters may be treated as unidentified and destroyed or not returned to their family. "Putting lives of our pets at risk is totally unacceptable," said Dr. Hannis L. Stoddard III, "Especially when compatible chips could have been offered," and added, "To protect our pets, we were left with no alternative other than to file a patent infringement suit against a Canadian pet insurance company Pethealth and Allflex, who manufactures their incompatible microchip products." __________________ I my little Sunshine ...!