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From: ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2007-12-08 15:48:25 UTC
Subject: Microchipping Re: [ferrethealth] Digest Number 988
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com



In a message dated 12/08/07 5:19:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com writes:

Just my 0.02 on this subject. Millions of chips have been implanted in dogs,
cats, ferrets, livestock, etc in the past 10 years +. I have seen 3 documented
cases of cancer at the injection site of the chip in dogs in my various
veterinary journals. Until I see evidence that is more condemning, I see no medical
reason to stop placing chips. BTW, all my pets are chipped for identification
purposes (crazy gate-opening dogs!)


**I agree with Dr. Purcell 100% on this matter. Microchips are safe,
effective, easy to implant, and have gotten millions of animals home safely. In the
three cases reported, there are possible associations with the chip, but not
definitive, and the risk is so low that I consider it essentially nonexistent.
I do not hesitate to microchip, and the majority of our personal animals
(dogs, cats, ferrets) have been done.

If you read the actual text of the journal articles reporting the cancers in
rodents, by the way, you can see that there was no control group of unchipped
rodents. What that means is that they can't even say that the chipped animals
had a higher percentage of tumor development than unchipped animals. A lot
of alarmism, IMO.**

Dr. Ruth

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