According to the EU- standard, since the 1st of July 2009 horses are required to be microchipped. Due to this new rule, a debate has surfaced. The question is: Should there be no more \u201chot branding\u201d ? The decision for this has been made with the following condition: A foal may be \u201chot-branded\u201d, however according to animal rights the foal needs to be sedated for the procedure. However, currently, there is no suitable anaesthetic, thus for the meantime the \u201chot-brand\u201d will have certain rules and regulations that need to be followed starting 2019, according to Dr. Klaus Miesner, managing director of the breeding department in the German FN.<\/p>\n
This issue has brought up certain discussions: Animal-rights activists and politicians are rather against the \u201chot brand\u201d. The \u201chorse-world\u201d however, would rather keep the tradition going. Other than that, a lot of horse enthusiasts are sceptical about the microchip.<\/p>\n
There have been many cases reported, where the chips get lost in the horse\u2019s body or they are simply no longer traceable. The \u201chot brand\u201d is considered a safe method for identification that lasts a lifetime.<\/p>\n
No Suitable Medication<\/strong><\/p>\n In the last few years a special task force group has been intensively engaged with the clinical trial and approval of a suitable painkiller. Dr. Norman Camp, a member of the group, the breeding board of the FN, and also the director of the Trakhener association, states that they are reliable for their work of finding a solution. With the substance Lidocain, which has been successfully tested is heading towards the wanted solution. However, the federal office for Consumer Protection and food safety (BVL) did not approve this. Instead a costly and time-consuming version of the medication was required for approval.<\/p>\n In the meantime, the \u201chot brand\u2019 will not be allowed starting from 2019. \u201cWe fought until the end,\u201c said Dr. Camp. Unfortunately, it did not suceed. The politicians in Berlin did not give in. Dr. Camp however says that it is worth it to keep fighting as the \u201chot brand\u201d could also be an additional marking that is reliable and long lasting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to the EU- standard, since the 1st of July 2009 horses are required to be microchipped. Due to this new rule, a debate has surfaced. The question is: Should there be no more \u201chot branding\u201d ? The decision for this has been made with the following condition: A foal may be \u201chot-branded\u201d, however according to animal rights the foal needs to be sedated for the procedure. However, currently, there is no suitable anaesthetic, thus for the meantime the \u201chot-brand\u201d will have certain rules and regulations that need to be followed starting 2019, according to Dr. Klaus Miesner, managing director … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6610,"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606\/revisions\/6610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/equinara.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}