Is the number on them the horse’s UELN or is it just a generic number from the chip maker? Do the registries or (say) the FN provide them or are they any microchip compliant with the FEI standard?
As far as I know your horse gets a chip and than the lifenumber and chipnumber is cobined in their databases.
We had an issue last year as my vet chipped my foals and the hanoverian Verband was not very happy as it was not “their” chip. “Ours” was smaller and hence we felt it is better for the horse.
I am not 100% sure if the Verband provides it or just tell you which brand etc. to use.
Kareen may comment.
I believe that in Europe the chips are coded with numbers that indicate the country, the passport issuing organization (usually the breed registry) etc.
Hi Viney,
My Irish bred sporthorses, one being reg’d with KWPN, begin with 372. TB’s reg’d with Weatherby’s begin with 985. There are other matching numbers but am just posting the first 3. So it’s very much breed registry and country code.
Terri
Is it that the chips themselves are coded or that the registration number that is linked to the chip number in databases is the UELN, registry and country code?
Since chipping is coming in here, thanks to the FEI, the USEF seems to be saying that any chip that is complaint with a certain frequency standard is okay and that the linkage is done elsewhere, not in the chip itself.
My Irish TB’s and Irish registered sporthorse have their micro numbers as part of their reg numbers. But all horses are chipped before registering. As in vet chips, takes blood for DNA, writes up the markings, ect and then it’s all sent to the registry. You then get back your passport with all the details. Note vets must do this. No DIY.
Abba has a KWPN passport. Her reg number is different in that it incorporates the year she was born. Her micro number will be different codes in that she was chipped here in Ireland with a sporthorse chip. Country code ect. So I don’t know if they always differ in the KWPN. I think they did unique numbers before having to have them chipped or chipping became the norm and the law.
Then of course just glancing at Frank’s passport, my 17yo NH TB, I’ve just realised he doesn’t have a chip! Woops. Guess being born in 1995 meant no chipping back then. He just has a much smaller passport number or life number.
I guess if chips were introduced they can just have add the number on identification papers. Any horse coming from Europe should be chipped, so not hard to keep track of them. Unless they’re much older. Those horses just might have to keep their Euro identity and the records that go along with said horse. I assume if I were to bring mine over and start showing, they’d just get all the info from the passport. Fairly simple and straightforward.
Terri
I don’t believe there is a way to put the registration “into” the chip, as the coding would be done during the manufacturing process. You would have to take the number from the chip and “add” it to the registration number of the horse, on its papers.
With hanoverina Verband chipping and branding is done at the same time. In our case both by the Person from Celle State Stud in our area, that a service of the satte stud for the Verband, paid by the Verband.
I just chekecked two passports from this year. It seems as iff the chip number starts with the same numbers. But there is no resemblence at all with the Lifenumber.
In the passport the lifenumber and Chipnumber is noted.
