MICROCHIP IMPLANTS ALLOWED FOR TRAVELING PET BIRDS
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will change its regulations to allow the use of microchip implants to identify U.S. origin pet birds returning to the United States after traveling abroad.
Previously, APHIS regulations only allowed the use of leg bands or tattoos to identify these birds. Microchips, however, have become the preferred identification method by avian veterinarians.
“This action provides for the use of an additional means of identifying certain U.S.-origin pet birds while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of communicable poultry diseases into the United States,” APHIS said