A horse with a passport: why are horses chipped in Kyrgyzstan?

A horse with a passport: why are horses chipped in Kyrgyzstan?

Horses are being chipped in Kyrgyzstan. The electronic carrier contains information about the age, breed and owner of the animal. Why is this necessary and does it harm the horses? MIR 24 correspondent Kaliya Duishebaeva found out.

Horses that walk on their own. There are dozens of animals on each field. No shepherd. This is a normal picture for the Naryn region. Usually in the evenings the owner sends the herd to the corrals. But more often the horses themselves return to their stalls in late spring.

“Horses don't need a lot of food. In winter, we release them to the mountains, to the pasture. But in recent years, animals have to be monitored. Livestock thieves appeared. Often, herd owners miss their horses. In half of the cases, the animals are not found, “said Ermek Zhanaliev, a resident of the At-Bashinsky district. Previously, the brand helped to recognize his horse. But if the horse thieves were selling the horse for meat, the owner could not be found. Now the horses will have electronic passports – chips two millimeters wide. They are easily inserted under the skin of the animal through a needle.

A horse with a passport: why are horses chipped in Kyrgyzstan?

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  “First we check to see if the horse has a chip. If it is clean, in 30 centimeters from the ear, insert the needle under the skin. If the horse kicks, release the needle. And as soon as the animal calms down, it will be possible to try again to implant the chip. The last stage is to check the chip and information through a scanner, ”said Nurbek Mairambekov, veterinarian of the Ak-Zhar village.

  Chip will tell you about the horse's age, color, medical history, vaccination list and owner data. This information can only be read by employees of the veterinary inspection. Using a special scanner.

  “All information about the animal will be in the database. Now the owners will not be able to sell an animal without a chip, ”said Aitikan Zhaparakunova, deputy head of the veterinary and phytosanitary security department of the At-Bashinsky district.

  Initially, the chip was only administered to thoroughbred horses. Now, in order to avoid losses in the herd, it was decided to identify all the animals. In addition, a strict account of the prevention of contagious diseases.

  “The work started a week ago. Chips have already been introduced to over 200 horses. First of all, we find out the exact amount. The owners usually hid this data, otherwise they would have to pay more for the use of pastures. Police officers are also interested in chip-making. They asked us to give them a scanner in order to find the owner of the animal in controversial moments, ”said Umotaaly Saalaev, head of the veterinary and phytosanitary security department of the At-Bashi region.

  Identification is also carried out within the framework of agreements with the EAEU. Each participating country has its own marking and tracking systems. In the future, information about animals will be combined into a common database.