(PRESS RELEASE) RALEIGH, N.C. — AKC Reunite, the largest non-profit pet identification and recovery service provider in the United States and affiliate of the American Kennel Club, announced the launch of a new temperature-sensing microchip, which will be available nationwide in mid-October.
This ISO standard 134.2 kHz microchip will identify your pet with a unique microchip ID number and read their temperature when scanned by an AKC Reunite ProScan +Temp or compatible temperature-sensing microchip scanner. This new technology will be helpful when implementing Temperature, Pulse, Respiration (TPR), a standard practice at veterinary visits and intake at animal shelters, providing a calming approach to wellness without a thermometer.
“We are excited to announce this new microchip” said Tom Sharp, President and CEO of AKC Reunite. “These products will lead to faster and happier wellness checks, which is great for pets, their owners and the pet professionals who work with them every day.”
This updated technology will also allow breeders to facilitate quicker temperature checks with easier, non-invasive monitoring.
For more information on AKC Reunite and microchipping, please www.akcreunite.org.
About AKC Reunite
The way home for lost pets. AKC Reunite, an affiliate of the American Kennel Club, is the largest non-profit pet microchip identification and recovery service provider in the United States. Since 1995 AKC Reunite has helped pet owners reunite with their lost animals via identification and 24/7 pet recovery specialists, enrolling over 11 million companion animals and recovering 750,000 lost pets. AKC Reunite microchips are a popular choice of pet professionals throughout the country for permanent pet identification.
AKC Reunite has donated more than $17 million since 2002 for pet-related causes including disaster preparedness and relief like the AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailer donation program. AKC Reunite also has the Adopt a K-9 Cop matching grant program to help police departments acquire new K-9 officers. For more information visit www.akcreunite.org or follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/akcreunite).