Microchip registration – Where to register your Pet’s Microchip Number

Microchips are tiny, no larger than a grain of rice, and are encoded with identification numbers (bar code) that can help you reunite with your pet should they wander around.

Animal shelters and veterinary hospitals/clinics carry various scanners that will read microchips. At any veterinary and shelter facility, it is standard practice to scan every new animal to see if the pet has a microchip. The number identified from the chip in the pet can be found in the countries microchip database and allows veterinary clinics to look up the information in their own clinic software. This system works very well, but requires pet owners to actively ensure registering their pet at their Veterinary Clinic and at each countries pet database should they move country, house address or if the pet is re-homed to a new owner.

It is important to understand that the microchip does not hold the owner’s data, this is registered in a pet database, which is kept private and allows access to a limited number of persons. In the database, this number is linked to the clients latest registered information. Some chips are more advanced and can also hold the pets medical data, read temperature or can be followed by GPS tracking (future).

Keeping your pet’s microchip properly registered and updating the registration should your address or ownership change help to ensure a lost or found pet can be returned to his or her owner, or owners can be informed if the pet has passed away.

A microchip is currently not a GPS device that could track your pet if it got lost.

For Dubai, the following procedure is in place:

1. Register your pet and his/her microchip number at an accredited Veterinary Clinic. Email registration@abvc.ae or info@abvc.ae for support.
2. Veterinary Clinics in the Dubai, UAE are required to register all rabies vaccinated client’s Pets at the Dubai Municipality portal ensuring a yearly update of your pets microchip information in the UAE database

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Updated by Mary Pauline Deato, ABVC Registration – Receptionist