In order to receive a passport for your pet, it has to also have a chip or a tattoo (on a auricle or a groin) which enable pet's identification. Nowadays, a chip is regarded as a more humanitarian way of animals tagging and it will be the only possible way after the 3rd July 2011. Chipping can be made in most of vet clinics. It is worth to appoint such treatment earlier.
Where can you have your pet chipped?
Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
A chip has to meet norms ISO 11784 or annex A to ISO 11785. In other case, an owner or a person responsible for an animal has to enable possibility of transponder read at every inspection.
A data base which is used for systematization of information of identified animals is one of the most significant elements of an electronic system of animal identification. A database contains all information concerning an animal and its owners: contact data, address, phone number.
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INTERESTING DETAIL! There is the worldwide database of chipped animals that includes national databases. Thanks to it, owners can find their pets in their country of origin or other countries. |
After chip implantation, an inoculation against rabies should be done and an inoculation certificate should be kept.
