My dog ??was implanted with a microchip and started twitching the next day

At around 15:00 on November 1, citizen Zhao Jie treated a one-year-old dog at the Kangxu Pet Hospital on Qinling Road in the western suburbs. My beloved puppy was microchipped. The next night, the puppy began to twitch, but Ms. Zhao and her family paid no attention. On the 5th, the dog had severe convulsions. Ms. Zhao and her family took the dog to the Animal Husbandry Hospital for treatment, and suggested that the dog might be sick due to a microchip implant. Medical staff did not immediately treat the patient because they could not determine the cause. Zhao Jie's family suspected that the chip caused the illness, so they called the municipal municipal bureau and animal husbandry bureau.

At about 14:00 on the 5th, Wang Ping, deputy director of the Municipal Municipal Bureau, and Li Wenbo, deputy director of the Animal Husbandry Bureau, rushed to the hospital. The two parties were unable to reach an agreement due to the cause of the puppy. During this period, the puppy kept twitching and looked extremely painful. Some medical staff said that the puppy could not be saved. Zhao Jie's family proposed to inject the dog with drugs to euthanize it. However, experts and government officials present disagreed, on the grounds that euthanizing the dog by injecting drugs would affect the results of the autopsy, making it difficult to determine responsibility in the end.

When the reporter rushed to the Animal Husbandry Hospital at about 20 o'clock, the white Samoyed was lying quietly in a small room at the back of the hospital, motionless no matter how the owner called. Yesterday was its first birthday.

Experts: Implanting chips will definitely have an impact

Deng Lixin, associate professor at the Animal Hospital Affiliated to Henan Agricultural University, told reporters that after routine blood tests on the dogs, it was found that the total number of white blood cells was very high, including The numbers of lymphocytes and neutrophils are increasing, and from a professional perspective, it is suspected that the dog has meningitis. However, Professor Deng said that the puppy’s biochemical indicators were normal, that is, the dog’s liver, kidneys and other organs functioned normally. Deng Lixin suggested that the dog’s owner authorize the pet hospital to rescue the dog as soon as possible.

Deng Lixin said that the chip is the size of a grain of rice and will definitely have an impact on the dog if it is implanted under the skin of the dog's left ear. "After all, it is a foreign body, just like a thorn in a person's hand that will hurt." ". Deng Lixin also said that implanting a chip is a small stimulus, but if the dog's body resistance is not strong, it may induce some potential pathogens and cause meningitis in the dog.

The dog owner insists on seeing the chip’s certificate. Wang Ping, deputy director of the Municipal Municipal Administration and director of the Municipal Dog Breeding Office, said that the chips are purchased and distributed by government departments, and there is no quality problem.

Pet friends: A dog had an adverse reaction after being implanted with a chip

The reporter saw at the scene that some dog lovers who often communicated at the Shangdu Pet Club heard the news and came to pay attention to the matter. progress.

A woman who runs a home pet grooming studio said that many people’s dogs have had adverse reactions due to implanted microchips. A pet friend said that her neighbor's dog started to have diarrhea 10 days after the chip was implanted. "We now doubt the quality of the chip."

In response to this statement, Wang Ping said that Zhengzhou now has more than 16,000 dogs with dog licenses, and the competent authorities have not received a single case of death or dispute arising from dogs implanted with microchips. Moreover, these chips are all obtained through formal bidding channels, and there is a complete set of legal procedures. If citizens have any doubts, they can go to the municipal government to inquire.

Netizens are waiting online for the results

Some dog lovers rushed to the scene after learning the news. Netizen Summer Mosquito posted the news on Shangdu.com BBS Pet Forum. Many netizens They have been waiting online for news about the dog, and dog lovers who accompanied the dog's owner to the scene continued to send back updates.

At 21:30, when the reporter left, the two sides had not yet reached an agreement. Li Deyin, an old professor at the hospital who was on a business trip, was flying back from Hangzhou for treatment. He arranged for medical staff to give the dog two injections of medicine before the dog fell asleep. The dog's owner is still in the hospital waiting for Professor Li to rush back.

The dog began to twitch all over the next day after the chip was implanted, which frightened Ms. Zhao and her family: Could it be caused by the chip implant? Ms. Zhao raised this question with the Municipal Municipal Bureau and the Animal Husbandry Bureau and asked them to be responsible for their dogs. Wang Ping, deputy director of the Municipal Municipal Bureau, said that if the dog is not rescued and treated, the cause of the dog's disease can only be known after an autopsy. It is not yet certain that the dog was caused by a chip implant. Evening News reporter Cheng Guoping Pan Mo/Wen Zhouyong/Picture

Chip, dog's ID card

When applying for a "dog license", all dogs will be implanted with an electronic chip. The dog information stored above will be included in the dog management information system. If a dog hurts someone, the owner of the dog can be found through this identification chip.

Article editor: Birdman

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