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oh_really_now in neworleans

FREE microchipping ends TODAY, Sunday 7/20

Jul 20, 2008 01:28

COMPLIMENTARY Microchipping sponsored by Home Again

All microchips and registration donated!

Please be prepared to provide an out-of-area contact number, if possible. Also needed: Veterinarian's name and phone number, as well as descriptive information about pet .

Ends TODAY, Sunday, July 20
10:00am - 3:00pm

Louisiana SPCA
1700 Mardi Gras Blvd.

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neuter, spay, free animal control

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Hmmmmmm....... just my $0.02 dark_law July 21 2008, 07:09:35 UTC

BREAKING NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( ... )

Yeah, I think you're paranoid. oh_really_now July 21 2008, 07:45:02 UTC

One in a million isn't in my cat's favor? I think I will go with the WSAVA (not to mention every other animal control organization) on this one. http://www.wsava.org/Chip999.htm

"Many millions of companion animals have subsequently been implanted around the world with a tiny proportion reporting any type of problem. In the UK where there has been an informal reporting system for adverse reactions for over ten years only two of the 3.7 million implanted animals recorded on the Petlog database have been reported as developing a tumour at the site of implantation. In one of these cases the pathologist reported that the transponder was incidental to the tumour formation. Overall, the Committee is aware of less than ten reports of tumours forming in companion animals associated with an implanted microchip."

And from the AVMA if the above isn't good enough for you:

Q: I've heard a lot lately that microchips cause cancer. Do they ( ... )

Re: Yeah, I think you're paranoid. dark_law July 21 2008, 07:59:12 UTC

Recent Industry Misstatements about Implant-Cancer Research ( ... )

Re: Yeah, I think you're paranoid. oh_really_now July 21 2008, 08:24:58 UTC

That 10.2% was on mice. Only 2 cases have been found where dogs had developed tumors and it's not even clear that it was caused by the chips. From the same Times article:

Dr. Lawrence D. McGill, a veterinarian and leading expert in animal pathology says the tumor development in rodents is unsurprising. "Even if you put in a bland piece of plastic, it will produce tumors in rats and mice," says McGill, who assessed the studies on behalf of VeriChip. He says it would be a leap to apply the findings of studies in mice to cats or dogs - or to humans, for that matter - which are much more complex animals. Few official scientific studies have been conducted on the effects of microchip implants on house pets, but none have found a link between the chips and cancer, says McGill. If there were a problem, he says, we would have already seen lots of cancer among the approximately 10 million pets that have been chipped over the past 15 years. Says Silverman, "There are no reported incidents to the FDA of any cancer formation around that."

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