Microchipping of foals agreement reached on new rules covering the identification of equines.
Microchips provide an essential link between a horse and its passport and strengthen the existing horse identification requirements.
Such unique identification of equines may also prove useful for disease control and surveillance purposes and for the recovery of lost or stolen horses.
Defra will be consulting fully with the horse industry over the implementation of the new requirements.
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Article reference: http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2008/080306a.htm
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